Clinton Hayden Swafford, son of Gordon Anderson and Lelma Lee Sanders Swafford, was born September 11, 1936 in New Market, Alabama. He moved with his parents to a farm south of Winchester in 1946. He attended the public schools of Franklin County graduating from Franklin County High School in 1954. He received a B.A. degree from Belmont College and a law degree from the University of Tennessee Law School in 1958. He has been engaged in general law practice in Winchester since 1958. Also that year, he married Sarah Wilhoit and they are the parents of two children. He was Mayor of Winchester from 1961-1967. He has been a member of the Belmont University Board of Trustees since 1969 and a director of Sun Trust Bank (formerly Farmer’s Bank) since 1968 as well as an active member of the Franklin County, Tennessee, and National Bar Associations.
 
Mayor Clinton Swafford
 
 
1961-1967
 

 

 

 




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