Outstanding young lawyers who began practice in Lexington during the years that followed World War I were Joe Appleby, Joe Davis, E.W. "Jude" Essary, Jr., and Elmer Stewart. Davis and Appleby were both jury and general practice lawyers. Davis and Roy Hall, another native, completed prelaw at Union University and the University of Tennessee and continued study at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where their diplomas were presented to them personally by President Calvin Coolidge. Stewart's superior scholasatic work won him a trip to Hollywood where his picture was made with Raymond Navarro and the cast of the silent film "Ben Hur". Essary gained local prominence in his handling of domestic cases.
Excerpt rom the book "Henderson History" by G. Tillman Stewart 1979