Background
Lockett, George Houston was born on December 29, 1921 in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Pryor and Sallie Myrtle (Jones) Lockett.
Lockett, George Houston was born on December 29, 1921 in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Pryor and Sallie Myrtle (Jones) Lockett.
Juris Doctor, University Tennessee, 1950.
Bar: Tennessee 1951, United States District Court (eastern district) Tennessee Supreme Court of the United States Court 1976. Attorney, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1951-1955, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1955. Sole practice, Harriman, Tennessee, since 1955.
City attorney, Harriman, 1959-1967, 83—. Former teacher Roane State College.Former trustee Carson-Newman College. Former chairman of the executive committee Tennessee Baptist Foundation.
Former chairman of the executive committee Republican Party. Former chairman Primary Board, Roane County.
Our justification before God is based on faith in Christ alone and not in our ethnicity.
Language of offensive nature with regard to race, ethnicity ornationality does not indicate the value of each individual and contradicts the teaching of Jesus Christ.
Member of Phi Delta Phi, American Legion, Roane County Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, American Bar Association, Shriners (Knoxville), Scottish Rite, Masons (Harriman, Tennessee), Rotary.
Married Mary D. Wright, October 25, 1958. Children: Karen, Mary Jane, Lisa.