Ray L. Reagan

Ray Lawrence Reagan (August 23, 1921 – March 24, 1978) was the Sevier County, Tennessee, county judge from 1958 until his death in 1978.

Reagan was the first of 10 children born to Lawrence Clifford Reagan and Neva Householder Reagan. He was born, raised, and lived his entire life in the Sevier County community of Dupont. He attended Harrison-Chilhowee Baptist Academy and became the first member of his family to graduate from high school. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Forces, working as a mechanic and pilot.

Following the war, Ray Reagan returned to live in Dupont with his wife, the former Louise Ogle, and he commuted to a factory job in Knoxville. His first public office was justice of the peace, beginning in 1956. He was elected county judge in 1958, and was subsequently re-elected for 8-year terms in 1966 and 1974. Judge Reagan served on state commissions and advisory boards on county government.