Samuel McPheeters Glasgow Jr.

GLASGOW, JR., Samuel McPheeters (Mack)Age 93, was predeceased by his parents, Dr. Samuel McPheeters Glasgow and Samuella Keith Glasgow; he was born in 1916 as the only boy in a family of five sisters who have also predeceased him: Mary Bell Glasgow Gambill (Benjamin Drake Smith Gambill), Grace Ellen Glasgow Watkins (William Madison Watkins), Elizabeth Keith Glasgow Phillips (Albert Harrison Phillips), Margaret Anderson Glasgow Stanford (Robert Donnell Stanford), Sammie Keith Glasgow Lauderdale (William Alexander Lauderdale). Survived by his devoted wife of 70 years, Susan Barbara Leake (Bobbie) Glasgow; sons, Dr. Samuel McPheeters Glasgow III (Diane Eggiman Glasgow), Bryant (Bim) Leake Glasgow (Candace Floyd Glasgow); daughters, Susan Seymour Glasgow Brown (Allen Crockett Brown) and Emily Risley Glasgow Bruno (Dr. John Bruno III); his sisters-in-law, Jane Leake Chisholm and Virginia Leake Clarke. He is also survived by eight grandchildren, John McPheeters Glasgow, Heather Lovae Glasgow, Barbara Keith Brown Payne (Richard James Payne), Allen Crockett Brown, Jr. (Elizabeth Quincy Hart Brown), Harriet (Happy) Hoffman Brown Burnett (Robert Francis Mucklow Burnett), John Peres Bruno, Samuel Keith Bruno, William Leake Bruno and five great-grandchildren, James Glasgow Payne, William Brown Payne, Susanna Keith Payne, Samuel Crockett Brown, Elizabeth Ely Brown. Mr. Glasgow was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church, serving as Deacon and Elder since 1953. He was very supportive of Dr. Walter Courtenay, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, in starting the Oak Hill School as a part of the church; he led the ground-breaking and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the first six years. He also served on the first Board of Directors of Brentwood Academy. Mr. Glasgow received his education at Peabody Demonstration School and Wallace School for Boys, winning the Math Award his senior year. In 1999, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Wallace School. He received his BA degree from Vanderbilt University, where he was President of the Student Union, and his LLB degree from the University of Washington. He served in the United States Army in World War II in the Field Artillery, attending Officer Candidate School, and was released as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Department in 1946. Mr. Glasgow was a member of the Nashville, TN and American Bar Associations, the International Association of Insurance Counsel and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He practiced law in Nashville for over 60 years, associated in civil suits with and against many outstanding attorneys; he retired in 2003 from the firm of Glasgow and Veazey (Randolph Anderson Veazey). He was a fellow of the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Glasgow served as Chairman of the Davidson County Election Commission for sixteen years and President of the Jr. Chamber of Commerce, at which time the first Clinic Bowl was held as a benefit for the national drive for the eradication of Polio. He was a former member of the downtown Nashville Rotary Club and of the Belle Meade Country Club. For over thirty years, Mr. Glasgow had a vineyard on Center Hill Lake and in 1978, he, Judge William O. Beach, Homer Blitch, and others formed the Tennessee Viticultural and Oenological Society of Tennessee as charter members; he and Judge Beach were instrumental in changing Tennessee's laws allowing wine-making in the state. His love of trees and growing things led him to plant trees at the homes of his children, as well as his own; he planted a Douglas fir, the state tree of Washington, in honor of his wife Bobbie, who grew up in Tacoma. Honorary Pallbearers: Dr. Roy Elam, Dr. Jim Hamilton, Beverly Landstreet, Andy Veazey, Alfred T. Adams, Jr., Harry Wescott, Fay Wheeler, Ed Graham, Joseph Thompson, Betty Rye Caldwell, Dr. Andy Spickard, Enoch Stephenson, Mike Denson, Dr. John Bond, Forrest Glasgow, Gov. Winfield Dunn, Cloyce Bradley, Jr., Dr. Arch McNair and Dr. Bill Bryant. Active Pallbearers: grandchildren, also nieces and nephews, Ellen Cox (Charlie), Mary Wasik (Bob), Bill Watkins, Jr., Keith Reynolds (Frank), Peg Williams (Harry), Barbara Hearn, Bill Lauderdale, Jr., Bert Phillips (Happy Fowler), Liz Heath (Charles), Ben Gambill, Jr. (Katie), Tom Gambill (Mary), Peggy Palmer (Joe). Special thanks go to caregivers, Joe Dycus, Juston Shults and Alive Hospice. Visitation for Mr. Glasgow will be in Courtenay Hall of First Presbyterian Church on Franklin Rd., from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 and one hour before the service on Friday, December 18th; the service will be held at 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary at the church. Family burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Keith-Glasgow Scholarship of Vanderbilt University, The Oak Hill School, and Alive Hospice of Nashville. MARSHALL DONNELLY COMBS, (615) 327-1111.