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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 8-K


                                CURRENT REPORT


                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                         Date of Report: May 30, 2000
                       (Date of earliest event reported)


                      FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.
            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                  333-74467               75-2808384
(State of Incorporation)    (Commission File No.)      (I.R.S. Employer
                                                     Identification No.)


             4000 Horizon Way
              Irving, Texas                                   75063
 (Address of Principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)


      Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (214) 441-4000
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Item 5.   Other Events.
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     Reference is hereby made to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-74467) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on March 16, 1999, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed
with the Commission on May 21, 1999, as further amended by Amendment No. 2
thereto filed with the Commission on July 16, 1999, as further amended by
Amendment No. 3 thereto filed with the Commission on December 20, 1999, and as
further amended by Amendment No. 4 thereto filed with the Commission on January
21, 2000 (as so amended, the "Registration Statement"), pursuant to which the
Registrant registered $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its mortgage
pass-through certificates, issuable in various series, for sale in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Reference is also
hereby made to the Prospectus, the related Prospectus Supplement and the related
Supplement to the Prospectus Supplement (collectively, the "Prospectus"), which
have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424, with respect to the
Registrant's Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-2 (the "Offered
Securities").

     On May 30, 2000, the Registrant caused the issuance and sale of the Offered
Securities.  The Offered Securities evidence a beneficial ownership interest in
a pool of conventional, fixed-rate, fully-amortizing, one-to four-family, first
lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans").  The Offered Securities were created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2000 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement") by and among the Registrant, as Depositor,
First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee.  A copy of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is filed
herewith as Exhibit 10.1.
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     The Offered Securities, having an aggregate principal balance of
approximately $223,014,972, have been sold by the Registrant to Lehman Brothers
Inc. ("Lehman Brothers") pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated as of April
26, 2000 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), as supplemented by a Terms Agreement
dated as of May 24, 2000, each among Lehman Brothers, the Registrant and First
Horizon Home Loan Corporation ("FHHLC").

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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     (c)  Exhibits

          Exhibit No.    Description
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               10.1      Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2000
                         by and among the Registrant, as Depositor, FHHLC, as
                         Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York,
                         as Trustee

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                                  Signatures
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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant as of the date first written above has duly caused this Report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                            FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.


                            By: /s/ Wade Walker
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                                Wade Walker
                                Senior Vice President - Asset Securitization
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

     Exhibit No.
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        10.1      Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2000 by and
                  among the Registrant, as Depositor, FHHLC, as Seller and
                  Master Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee