NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — This week, the life and legacy of Thelma Harper is being celebrated. The former state senator passed away nearly two weeks ago at the age of 80. Community members will have ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The community came together to celebrate the life of former Tennessee state senator and Metro Councilwoman Thelma Harper. A final visitation was held prior to the celebration ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Many gathered for a last goodbye for Senator Thelma Harper, a legislative giant who spent decades serving North Nashville in the Tennessee General Assembly. She returned to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Longtime Tennessee State Senator Thelma Harper has died at the age of 80. The Tennessee Senate Democratic Press Caucus Secretary confirmed to News 2 Senator Harper’s passing.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Longtime Tennessee state Sen. Thelma Harper died at the age of 80 on Thursday. Friends are now remembering the North Nashville icon who transformed politics in Tennessee. It ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Long-time Tennessee State Senator Thelma Harper has died. She was 80. Linda Harper said her mom died peacefully and unexpectedly on Thursday morning. "It is with an unimaginable ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Longtime Tennessee State Senator Thelma Harper will be the first African American woman to lie in the Tennessee State Capitol. Sen. Harper passed away on April 22 at 80-years-old.

Former Sen. Thelma Harper, Tennessee's longest-serving female state senator and the first Black woman elected to the chamber, died Thursday. Harper, a Democrat from Nashville, was 80 years old. Her ...

Both show up among the $8,771 in expenses included in the first version of a recent campaign finance report from state Sen. Thelma Harper, D-Nashville. No contributions are listed in this copy of the ...

'Mama's Family' actor Rue McClanahan played Thelma Harper's younger sister Fran Crowley on the NBC sitcom for two seasons. Fran and Thelma’s morning gets off to a bad start as they bicker over ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Longtime Tennessee State Senator Thelma Harper died at the age of 80 on Thursday. Friends are now remembering the North Nashville icon who transformed politics in Tennessee.