TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 26, 2025

Gibson County lawyer Jeffery Alan "Jeff " Smith died March 29 at the age of 61. After earning a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Memphis and a law degree from the university’s Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Smith began practicing law in Trenton. He later served as the city attorney for Dyersburg and Rutherford and owned a number of H&R Block franchises with locations in Dyersburg, Humboldt, Martin, Ripley, South Fulton and Union City.