Cherie Priest, author, 2001 Lorine Livingston Pruette, psychologist, 1918 Curtis Rouse, former NFL football player, 1982 Lewis Smith, actor North and South. Also the Heavenly Kid, 1979 Buster Skrine, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns, New York Jets), 2011 Johnny Taylor, former NBA basketball player, 1997. Drafted in the first round, 17th pick Bo Watson, Member of Tennessee State Senate, 1983 Pez Whatley, football player and UTC's first black wrestler, later became a pro wrestler Dr. William White, academic of journalism and bibliographer, 1933 Willie White, former NBA basketball player, 1984 Gerald Wilkins, former NBA basketball player, 1984 Julius C. Zeller, Mississippi senator, 1893