MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Blount County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the passing of a veteran deputy following a battle with cancer.
Lt. Chuck Ford was 62 and leaves behind a girlfriend, family and friends. He joined the office in 1997 and oversaw the moving of inmates from the county’s old jail facility to the new one in 1999.
From Queens, Ford also served in the New Jersey Air National Guard as a combat arms instructor. He later served in the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Logistics Readiness Squadron…