In memory of

Claude E. Flinchum

1979

Killed that day
March 4, 1979, aged 46

Their life

Deputy Sheriff Claude "Rooster" Flinchum was shot and killed while waiting for his backup units to arrive after responding to the scene of a disturbance call. The 36-year-old suspect was apprehended by the state police. Deputy Flinchum had served with the Wolfe County Sheriff's Department for one year.

Survived by

A Korean War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, he was survived by his wife and four children.

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