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Highway section honors slain Tennessee corrections official
February 22, 2021 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A section of Interstate 440 has been dedicated in the memory of a slain Tennessee corrections official.
A car parade and dedication were held Sunday for the Debra K. Johnson Memorial Parkway in Nashville.
Johnson was a Tennessee Department of Correction administrator whose body was found in her home on the grounds of a state prison in Henning in August 2019.
Johnson had been a state employee for 38 years and oversaw wardens at several area prisons.
Inmate Curtis Ray Watson was charged with killing Johnson before escaping prison on a tractor. His trial, originally set for last October, has been rescheduled for next September.
Honoring longtime TDOC employee killed in the line of duty
Debra Johnson s name will be placed on the I-440 as a portion of the interstate is now named the Debra K. Johnson Memorial Parkway.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â A longtime Tennessee Department of Corrections employee was honored Sunday in a special way after she was brutally murdered in the line of duty.
Debra Johnson s name will be placed on Interstate 440 as a portion of the interstate is now named the Debra K. Johnson Memorial Parkway.
Senator Brenda Gilmore led the ceremony honoring the dedicated TDOC administrator.
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