HCSO Asking for Help in Finding Missing Elderly Woman

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating an elderly female who is missing.

Geneva Atkins was last seen on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at approximately 9:00 pm driving a 1999 GMC Sierra, gray in color, with damage to the right front fender. The vehicle is registered in Tennessee and the license plate is 158-JSP.

Mrs. Atkins was last seen traveling north bound near the 5800 block of Highway 58 and was wearing a light colored shirt and blue jeans.

Mrs. Atkins is an African American, 83 years of age, 5’ 2” tall, 135 lbs, with brown eyes and black hair. She is a severe diabetic and suffers from Dementia. Attached is a photograph of Mrs. Atkins.

Anyone with information can contact the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office at 423-622-0022.

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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