WINCHESTER, Tenn.-George Fraley, a former state representative and mayor of Franklin County, has died. He was 85.
The Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester confirms that it will hold visitation for the former Democratic lawmaker on Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday at Winchester Church of Christ.
Fraley served in the Legislature from 1996 to 2010, when he was defeated in a Republican wave in which Democrats lost 14 seats.
Fraley was among four Democrats who had been expected to vote in favor-but ultimately declined to support former Republican Gov. Don Sundquist's proposal to create a state income tax in Tennessee in 2002.
Despite furious lobbying efforts by Democratic House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, the measure fell short by a single vote.