STORY

LEMEUL "TONY" KENNEDY

Lemuel “Tony” Kennedy, was born March 31, 1953, in Winnsboro, SC, to Viola Davis Kennedy and James Kennedy, Jr. He graduated from Winnsboro High School. and played Varsity Basketball and Football. He is a graduate of Tuskegee Institute University and majored in Criminal Justice. Lemuel is noted for being assigned to then-executive Protection Detail for Lt. Governor Nick Theodore from 1988-1995, after serving as a Lt Police Investigator in Fairfield County Sheriff's Dept, Columbia, SC He was a municipal court judge in his hometown (1985-2000), and in 2000 ran for Fairfield County Sheriff; though he didn’t win, he continued to serve as an investigator. In 2012, he arrived at Benedict. His highlight was serving as Coordinator with the US Security Secret Service for President Barack Obama. Today, he is an investigator for Richland County Coroners’ office in Columbia, SC.