Herbert Slayton

In the winter of 1978, the community of Pulaski, Tennessee, was shaken by the violent death of a dedicated public servant. On the night of January 25th, Giles County Deputy Sheriff Henry Herbert 'Hub' Slayton, a 65-year-old male, was on duty when he encountered a car stopped in the middle of a rural road. In what would be his final communication, he radioed to dispatch that he was stopping to investigate the vehicle. Minutes later, Deputy Slayton was found deceased in a nearby ditch, having been ...

Deputy Sheriff Herbert H. Slayton