Randall Parks Burcham

Background

Burcham, Randall Parks was born on July 20, 1917 in Union City. Son of John Simps and Myrtle Caldwell (Howard) Burcham.

Education

Student, Murray State College, Kentucky, 1934—1938. Student, University Mississippi, 1938—1939. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1940.

Juris Doctor, Samford University, Birmingham, 1969.

Career

Private practice, Union City, 1941. Attorney United States Government, Nashville, 1945—1949. Owner Interstate Oil Corporation, Fulton, Kentucky, 1949—1953.

Partner Burcham & Fox, Union City, from 1953, Delaware, Tennessee Constitutional Convention, Nashville, 1971. Served to Commander United States Navy, 1941-1945.

Achievements

• Bar: Tennessee 1941.

Religion

The longing for holiness is not about wanting to be 'holier than thou'. It is about wanting the love of God to permeate all of our life, and for that love to be shown through our lives to other people.

Politics

All human life is sacred and created by God and therefore, we must see all human life as significant and valuable. When governments implement the death penalty, then the life of the convicted person is devalued and all possibility of change in that person’s life ends.

Views

Every person needs the Church for spiritual and emotional care that enables to reconcile relations with God, with others, and with self.

Membership

Fellow: American College Probate Counsel. Member: American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association (board governors 1969-1972).

Connections

Married Hellon Owens Burcham, September 30, 1945. Children: Randall Parks Junior, Susan.

Father:

John Simps Burcham

Mother:

Myrtle Caldwell (Howard) Burcham

Spouse:

Hellon Owens Burcham

child:

Randall Parks Junior Burcham

child:

Susan Burcham