Edward Carelton Swift, at one time the owner of the largest meat packing operation in the U.S. built a mansion, Swiftmoor on Paine Avenue in Prides Crossing. Eleonora Eleo Sears a flamboyant female socialite and world class tennis player owned a residence that still exists where Paine Avenue and West Beach meet.
In 2003, burnt-out ex-CIA(SAD/SOG) Paramilitary operations officer and former U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance officer John Creasy (Denzel Washington) visits his old comrade Paul Rayburn (Christopher Walken), who runs a security firm in Mexico.
John Thomas Hicks, Sr. (1925-2000) â also known as John T. Hicks â of Tennessee. Born in Davidson County, Tenn., August 5, 1925. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Tennessee state house of representatives 60th District, 1967-77; member of Tennessee state senate 20th District, 1977-93. Methodist.