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Former Tift County Sheriff Edd Walker passes away
Posted: 01.21.2013 at 4:45 PM
Colby Gallagher

Colby Gallagher joined the Fox 31 News Team in April 2012 as a general assignment reporter. Colby hails from Sewell, New Jersey and is an avid Philly sports fan.

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The Tift County Sherriff’s Office says 84-year-old Walker, the sheriff from 1973 to 1996 passed away Monday morning.  / Bowen-Donaldson funeral home
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TIFTON, GA --
Officials confirm Edd Walker, the former longtime Sheriff of Tift County, has passed away.

The Tift County Sherriff’s Office says 84-year-old Walker, the sheriff from 1973 to 1996 passed away Monday morning.

Family and friends are invited to pay their respects at the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals on Wednesday evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral services will take place on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Tift Avenue Church of God.

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