HCSO Announces Passing of Eddie Sledge

On Saturday night, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Detective Eddie Sledge passed away unexpectedly, officials with the department said.

According to a press release from the HCSO, Detective Sledge was a 22-year veteran of the HCSO. He began his career as a Dispatcher in 1997. Since 2001, he has served as a Patrol Deputy, a member of the Traffic Division, and was currently serving as a Detective in Criminal Investigations Division at the time of his passing.

“Detective Sledge was a dedicated and respected law enforcement professional regarded by all who had the pleasure of knowing or serving with him,” HCSO officials said.

Funeral arrangements are being conducted by Turner Funeral Home.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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