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                                  EXHIBIT 8.2

                      [ANDREWS & KURTH L.L.P. LETTERHEAD]

                                                        Supplemental Tax Opinion


                              September 19, 2000


First Horizon Asset Securities Inc.
4000 Horizon Way
Irving, Texas 75063

     Re:  First Horizon Asset Securities Inc.
          Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
          Series 2000-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to First Horizon Asset Securities Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the issuance and sale by the
Company of (a) its Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-4, Class A-1,
Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-RU, Class A-RL, Class B-1,
Class B-2 and Class B-3 (the "Publicly-Offered Certificates"), to PaineWebber
Incorporated (the "Underwriter"), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated
September 19, 2000, as supplemented by a terms agreement thereto dated as of
September 19, 2000, each by and among First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, a
Kansas corporation ("First Horizon"), the Company and the Underwriter, and (b)
its Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2000-4, Class B-4, Class B-5 and
Class B-6 (the "Privately-Offered Certificates"), to PaineWebber Incorporated
(the "Initial Purchaser"), pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated September 19,
2000, as supplemented by a terms agreement thereto dated as of September 19,
2000, each by and among First Horizon, the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
The Publicly-Offered Certificates and the Privately-Offered Certificates are
referred to herein collectively as the "Certificates." The Certificates will be
created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1,
2000 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") by and among the Company, as
Depositor, First Horizon, as Seller and Master Servicer, and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, and the Certificates will evidence the entire beneficial
ownership interest in a trust fund (the "Trust Fund"), the assets of which will
consist primarily of first lien, single family residential mortgage loans.

     The Publicly-Offered Certificates have been registered by means of a
Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), under File No. 333-74467 which
Registration Statement was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 26, 2000 (such Registration Statement, as amended to the
date hereof, herein called the "Registration Statement").  We have participated
in the preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to the Publicly-
Offered Certificates and the Prospectus dated July 20, 2000 (the "Base
Prospectus") and the related Prospectus Supplement dated September 19, 2000 (the
"Prospectus Supplement"), which Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement will be
filed by

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the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act (the Base Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement, collectively, the "Prospectus").

     In connection with the foregoing, we have examined the originals or copies,
certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction, of the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and of such other instruments and documents as we have
deemed necessary to review as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In
such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the
authenticity of the originals of such documents submitted as copies.

     Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion
     that:

     Assuming (1) an election will be properly made to treat the assets of the
     Lower REMIC (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) as a "real
     estate mortgage investment conduit" (REMIC) for Federal income tax
     purposes, and an election will be properly made to treat the assets of the
     Upper REMIC (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) as a REMIC
     for Federal income tax purposes, (2) compliance with all provisions of the
     Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (3) continuing compliance with the
     applicable provisions of the Code as it may be amended from time to time
     and any applicable Treasury regulations adopted thereunder, the Lower REMIC
     and the Upper REMIC will each qualify as a REMIC within the meaning of
     Section 860D of the Code, each of the Certificates, other than the Class A-
     RU and Class A-RL Certificates, issued pursuant to the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement will represent a "regular interest" in a REMIC within
     the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code and the Class A-RU and Class
     A-RL Certificates will represent the sole "residual interest" in the Upper
     REMIC and Lower REMIC, respectively, within the meaning of Section
     860G(a)(2) of the Code.

     Our opinion is based upon our interpretations of current law, including
court authority and existing Final and Temporary Regulations, which are subject
to change both prospectively and retroactively, and upon the facts and
assumptions discussed herein. This opinion letter is limited to the matters set
forth herein, and no opinion is intended to be implied or may be inferred beyond
that expressly stated herein. Our opinion is rendered as of the date hereof and
we assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion or any matter
related to this opinion to reflect any change of fact, circumstances, or law
after the date hereof. In addition, our opinion is based on the assumption that
the matters addressed therein will be properly presented to the applicable
court. We must note that our opinion represents merely our best legal judgment
on the matter presented and that others may disagree with our conclusion. Our
opinion is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service or any court and there
can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service will not take a contrary
position or that a court would agree with our opinion if litigated. In the event
any one of the statements, representations or assumptions we have relied upon to
issue this opinion is incorrect, our opinion might be adversely affected and may
not be relied upon.

     We consent to the use and incorporation by reference of this opinion in the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent we do not imply or admit that we
are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

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     We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
laws of the United States.

                                              Respectfully submitted,

                                              /s/  ANDREWS & KURTH L.L.P.

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