Clemons announces candidacy for DA
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Clemons believes the people are ready for a change, and deserve a tough, hard-working, and dedicated district attorney who believes in justice, meted out with fairness and common sense. He believes the people also need a district attorney who will work hard to help custodial parents collect the child support which is due their children.
Clemons is the only candidate running for district attorney who brings a strong and long line of law enforcement experience to the table. He is a graduate of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy. For five years, he served as a Warren County sheriff?s deputy. He worked as a police officer for the city of McMinnville for two years.
?I know, firsthand, the dangers and problems faced by our law enforcement officers. And, I know we need a district attorney who will work with them, and for them, and be there to assist them in the performance of their duties,? said Clemons.
For eight years, Clemons served as Warren County?s first criminal probation officer for the General Sessions Court. For the past seven years, Clemons has successfully served as both a civil and criminal attorney.
Born 46 years ago in Warren County, he is the eldest child of J.C. and the late Lillie Rhea Clemons. Raised in the Fairview community, he has one sister, Linda Clemons Hamilton, who is presently employed with Ben Lomand Telephone Communications.
He is the grandson of Nettie Hobbs Clemons, who will be 100 years old this year, and the late Lee Clemons, who worked for J.H.H. Boyd, the father of the nursery industry in Tennessee.
Clemons graduated from Warren County High School in 1978. Working his way through college, he graduated from MTSU in 1982. Later, after four years of working full-time during the day and attending law school in Nashville at night, he successfully graduated from Nashville School of Law.
In 1985, Clemons married Carolyn Boren, the daughter of Jean and the late Charles Boren, owners of Boren Jewelry. For the past 20 years, Carolyn has worked as the general accountant/CPA at Caney Fork Electric Cooperative. They have one daughter, Hayle Danyelle Clemons, who is a fifth-grader at Hickory Creek Elementary.
Clemons is a member of Central Church of Christ. He is also a member of Masonic Lodge 125. He and his wife have hosted international exchange students from Hong Kong, mainland China, and Korea for five school years. He and his wife have also served as foster parents. Clemons presently serves on the board of the Central Christian Retirement Village.
?I want to prosecute criminals and mete out justice equally and fairly, while using good common sense. I want to keep you and your family safe, as I continue the work I started 23 years ago, when I pinned on a badge and took an oath to uphold the laws of the state of Tennessee and the United States,? Clemons said. ?I am running for district attorney general of the 31st Judicial District and I, respectfully, ask for your vote on May 2.?