T. C. Cannon
T. C. Cannon (born 1937) is a retired bar owner and political candidate.
Cannon has an associate degree from East Central Junior College and a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, which he completed in 1959. Cannon's career as a bar owner began in the 1950s with the Akantu Diner, the Clover Club and the Miami Club. He briefly owned the Cahaba Club on Old Montgomery Highway before opening Plaza on 11th Court South with his brother Joe.
He left that partnership to open TC at 2709 7th Avenue South in Lakeview in 1987, running it until January 2008 when he sold the business to Jeff Zak of Atlanta. He also owns a 1/5th share of the land on which Grayton Beach, Florida's popular Red Bar is located. When he put TC up for sale in October 2007 he told Black & White that he was abandoning plans to open a new bar in the former Battery Warehouse building down the block and making plans to move out of the city, primarily because of Birmingham's crime problem. In 2009 he resumed planning to open a new bar and announced his candidacy in the special mayoral election to fill the vacancy left by the criminal conviction of Larry Langford.
Cannon has served as president and vice-president of the Southside neighborhood association. He has run unsuccessfully several times for Mayor of Birmingham and for Birmingham City Council District 5.
References
- Coman, Victoria L. (February 13, 2008) "Longtime Birmingham barkeeper T.C. Cannon retires, sells business to Atlanta man." Birmingham News
- Reynolds, Ed (October 4, 2007) "Open Season: Southside's entertainment districts have become a hunting ground for muggers, car thieves, and murderers." Black & White
- Osburn, Lisa (December 2, 2009) "Birmingham mayor's race: T.C. Cannon says he can set city on course in 2 years." Birmingham News