Sam Delk Kennedy

Background

Kennedy, Sam Delk was born on December 9, 1926 in Hampshire, Tennessee, United States. Son of Henry Grady and Annie Porter (Delk) Kennedy.

Education

Student, David Lipscomb College, 1943-1944; student, North Carolina State University, 1944-1945; Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland U., 1950; Juris Doctor, Cumberland U., 1966.

Career

Judge general sessions, State Judiciary, Columbia, Tennessee, 1952-1954; assistant attorney general, Tennessee District Court (11th district), Columbia, 1958-1962; district attorney general, Tennessee District Court (11th district), Columbia, 1962-1965; editor, public, Daily Herald, Columbia, 1965-1983; president, Kennedy Newspaper Company, Columbia, since 1983; partner, Kennedy & Kennedy, Columbia, since 1987; county executive, Maury County, Tennessee, since 1990. Board directors 1st Farmers and Merchant Bank, Columbia.

Achievements

• Sam Delk Kennedy has been listed as a reputable Newspaper executive, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past board directors Audit Bureau Circulation. Sergeant United States Army, 1945-1947. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Press Association (president 1978-1979, chairman legislation committee since 1967).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Ridley Finney, November 6, 1954. Children: Sam Delk Junior, Elizabeth Blackstone.

Father:

Henry Grady Kennedy

Mother:

Annie Porter (Delk) Kennedy

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ridley Finney

child:

Sam Delk Junior Kennedy

child:

Elizabeth Blackstone Kennedy