Luther Emmett Womack
May
5, 1881 - 1940
The legal profession of
Tullahoma numbers among its representative members Luther Emmett Womack, who was
born in Moore county on the 5th of May, 1881, a son of Thomas Melton and Martha
(Hart) Womack. The paternal grandfather was Solomon Womack of Virginia, while
the maternal grandparents, Derrell and Rachel (Morres) Hart, were natives of
Tennessee. Thomas Melton Womack was born in 1857 and is now retired. He achieved
substantial success in business circles and is held in high confidence and
esteem by all who know him.
For many years he was a member of the board of aldermen of Shelbyville.
His religious faith is that of the Baptist church. Mrs. Womack was born in 1857. Luther Emmett
Womack has one sister, Lillie
Womack Williams, who is residing in Shelbyville.
In the acquirement of his preliminary education Luther Emmett Womack
attended the public schools of Bedford county. In early life he formed a
penchant for the legal profession and subsequently enrolled in the Cumberland
University at Lebanon, where he was a student in the law department from 1905 to
1909. In
February, 1910, he was examined and admitted to the bar of Coffee county. In a
profession where advancement depends upon individual merit Luther Emmett Womack
has won substantial success and he enjoys an extensive and representative
clientele, handling much important litigation before the courts.
Mr. Womack has always been a stanch democrat and in 1912 he was elector
on the Wilson ticket. He was a member of the state senate in 1921 and for the
past ten years has been a member of the democratic committee of Coffee county.
He has not only been active in professional and political circles but is
prominently known in financial circles as a director of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank. In
St. Louis, Missouri, on the 7th of November, 1915, occurred the marriage of
Luther Emmett Womack to Mrs. C. E.
(Beck) Stender, a daughter of Charles Beck, a native of France. Mr. Beck was
born in that country in 1830 and came to the United States in 1856. He was a soldier in the Union army during the
Civil war, serving as a second lieutenant under Captain Wilder of the Eighteenth
Indiana Regiment. Mr.
Beck was married in Tipton county, Ohio, on the 19th of April, 1858, to Miss
Amelia Quella, a native of Alsace-Lorraine.
Mrs. Beck was born in 1836 and died in 1909.
She came with her parents to this country in 1849.
Fraternally Luther E. Womack is identified with the Masons and he has
become a Master Mason. He is past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, belongs
to the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan, the Junior Order of American
Mechanics, the Fraternal
Order of Eagles and to Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is a zealous worker in behalf
of the Baptist church and for the past ten years has been a teacher of the Bible
class. He is essentially public-spirited and no movement
for the upbuilding of Tullahoma seeks his aid in vain. He is an active contributor to the Chamber of
Commerce and no man stands higher in this community for his integrity and
sterling worth.
Source: Tennessee-The
Volunteer State, Vol III
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