Criminal Court Judge Stephen (Steve) M. Bevil of Chattanooga passed away this morning after an extended battle with cancer. He was 60 years old and had served Division III of the 11th Judicial District since 1990.
"Judge Bevil has been a respected and beloved member of the Tennessee Judicial Conference who will be missed by every judge in Tennessee," said Libby Sykes, interim administrative director of the courts. "I and others who are part of the judicial family were pleased to see him last month at the Judicial Conference at Fall Creek Falls State Park. It is wonderful to have that memory. Our sympathies go out to his family and legions of friends. We have lost one of the state's best judges and a truly wonderful human being."