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UPDATED: Former Newton sheriff recalled as "consummate professional"
Private service planned as friends, former colleagues mourn death of longtime sheriff Joe Nichols
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Joe Nichols served as Newton County sheriff from 1996 to 2008. - photo by Courtesy of the Newton County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Ezell Brown recalled his predecessor in the office, Joe Nichols, asking him in 2020 if a street sign bearing Nichols' name near the sheriff's office’s Alcovy Road headquarters was still in place.