A juvenile has been charged for a double murder in rural Greene County, Tennessee, on Sunday. County Sheriff Wesley Holt said that deputies were called to a home…
It is both a privilege and a sad task to write in my column today about a woman I and many others have admired for years, and who now suddenly is taken away. She lived a long life, but even so it feels like she is gone too soon.
That woman was Betty Carter Justis, known locally for her remarkable capabilities as a public servant, and even more for a friendliness and personal grace that embraced the people and community around her with effortless ease.
And if she embraced the people of Greene County, so they embraced her in turn. As Roger Woolsey said to me Tuesday, in terms of the public attitude toward her, Betty could still have been elected circuit court clerk as long as she chose to run, if not for the inevitable declines and frailty that age brings. She served for 16 years before retiring.