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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Feb 4, 2016

Nashville attorney John Bradbury Reed died Tuesday (Feb. 2) after a 25-year battle with cancer, the Nashville Post reports. He was 76. Reed graduated from Vanderbilt Law School and joined the school's faculty from 1964-1972. He practiced with Bass, Berry & Sims for more than 50 years and went on to finish his career with Riley Warnock & Jacobson. Reed was also very involved in the Nashville community and was honored with the Junior League of Nashville’s Community Service Award in 2003. A brief visitation and a funeral liturgy will be held at Christ Church Cathedral at 900 Broadway, Nashville, on Feb. 7. Visitation with family members will begin at 1:30 p.m. with the liturgy at 2:30 p.m.