Roy Herron accident details: How did Roy Herron die?

Roy Herron was born on September 30, 1953 –and lived until July 9, 2023, and was an American politician, attorney, and author.

He was the Chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party.

He was the Tennessee State Senator for the 24th district for 16 years and for 10 years before that the State Representative for the 76th district.

He was the 2010 Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 8th congressional district.

The senate district encompassed Benton, Decatur, Henry, Henderson, Lake, Obion, Perry, Stewart, and Weakley counties.

Roy Herron grew up in Weakley County, Tennessee, where his ancestor was one of the first two settlers in the 1820s. Herron grew up working on his family’s farm and became an Eagle Scout.

Herron graduated with the highest honors from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 1975.

Herron was the 9th Governor of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, a statewide organization of college students. Before serving as Governor, he was Lieutenant Governor of the organization.

In 1975 and 1976 he was a Rotary Scholar in Scotland at the University of St. Andrews.

He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1980, with a M.Div. and a J.D. as one of the first two joint law and divinity graduates.

Herron worked as an attorney and a businessman. He served for many years as adjunct faculty at Vanderbilt University’s law and divinity schools where he taught courses he created.

He also worked as a United Methodist minister. He helped found and served as the co-chair of FaithfulDemocrats.com, an online community for Democrats of Christian faith.

He also founded and led the non-profit Volunteer Center for Rural Development.

On July 1, 2023, Herron was injured in a jet ski accident on Kentucky Lake. He died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on July 9, at the age of 69.