a country singer in Nashville. The couple were engaged, making their romance controversial, as Boner was still married to his third wife. It was reported that Peel had previously told a Nashville reporter that the Mayor's passion could last for seven hours. At one point in the Donahue appearance, Boner played harmonica, while Peel sang "Rocky Top". Boner and Peel would eventually marry and then divorce after Peel caught Boner cheating two years into the marriage. After term as mayor Boner opted not to seek reelection for a second term, the only mayor not to do so from the creation of the Metro government until Megan Barry did not seek reelection in 2019 after resigning from office in 2018. Following retirement from political office, Boner briefly became a businessman, owning a pallet factory in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, and then becoming a restaurant franchisee in Atlanta. Boner eventually returned to the Nashville area, becoming a social studies teacher at Franklin High School in Franklin, Tennessee. Sources had said that Boner had become a driver's ed instructor for the Williamson School System, and was "honest and open about the fact that he screwed up in office." In 1995 and 1996, Boner hosted a nightly hour-long television interview show on Nashville's WNAB called Prime Talk. Boner is reportedly retired and living with his wife, Kay, in Franklin, Tennessee. References Sources 1945 births Living people Heads of county government in Tennessee Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee Middle Tennessee State University alumni Peabody College alumni Trevecca Nazarene Trojans coaches Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee Schoolteachers from Tennessee