Background
Witt, Raymond Buckner was born on April 20, 1915 in Lenoir City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Raymond Buckner and Gertrude (Jackson) Witt.
Witt, Raymond Buckner was born on April 20, 1915 in Lenoir City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Raymond Buckner and Gertrude (Jackson) Witt.
University of Chattanooga (Bachelor of Arts, 1937). University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Laws, 1939). Phi Delta Phi. Trustee and Secretary, 1965—and Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988-1989, University of Chattanooga Foundation, Incorporated.
Member, 1953-1965 and Special Legal Counsel, since 1965, Board of Education, Chattanooga City Schools.
Chairman, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, 1977-1979. President, Young Men’s Christian Association Chattanooga, 1985- 1986.
Chattanooga United Way Campaign Chairman, 1987. Chairman, Board of Trustees, First Centenary Methodist Church, 1988-1989.
Since practiced in, Chattanooga with, Witt, Gaither, Whitaker and predecessor firms, since 1945; partner, Witt, Gaither, Whitaker and predecessor firms, since 1946. Director, general counsel Dixie Yarns, Inc., 1947-1992.
President Metropolitan Council Community Services, 1966-1968. Member Chattanooga Board Education, 1953-1965, vice chairman, 1963-1965. Chairman Chattanooga Bicentennial Religious Committee, 1976.
Chairman of the Board Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, 1976-1978. Trustee Westend Foundation. Member U. Chatanooga Found.Inc., since 1969, trustee, secretary, general counsel, chairman 1988-1990.
President Chattanooga Young Men’s Christian Association, 1986-1987. Chairman United Way Fund campaign, 1987. Chairman of the board of trustees 1st Centenary United Methodist, 1989, chairman administrative board, 1993, 94.
Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945, PTO. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association.
Married Florence Elder Bagley, September 14, 1943. Children— Florence Elder, Mary Alice, George Evans.