College of Law Class of 1929
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Class Year
1929
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James Clay Burnette, L.L.B.
Tompkinsville, Kentucky
Phi Delta Phi (Historian '27, President '28), Tau Kappa Alpha (President '28), Patterson Literary Society (President '26), Patterson Scholarship, Patterson Oratorical Award, Law School Scholarship, Kentucky Law Journal (Business Manager '29), Student Speakers Bureau, International Debate Team, Henry Clay Law Society, Law Library
-The Kentuckian, 1929
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James Clay Burnette (November 22, 1901 - January 15, 1985) was born in Flippin, Kentucky to Joseph Burnette and Adaline Downing. Burnette practiced law in Knott County, Kentucky. Additionally, his military service led him to work for the Military Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives in the 1940s. Burnette married Wanda Sturgill in 1934.
