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Remembering Marvin Quinney
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“I hate to lose a good leader of the county, and he was a good leader. I feel the loss for the family and all the citizens of the county.” Former Wilson County Sheriff Joe D. Tackitt Jr. was remembering the life and contributions of former Wilson County Judge Marvin Quinney, who passed away May 22. Services were held last Tuesday in Stockdale, where Marvin lived with his wife of 55 years, Alene. He had battled kidney cancer in recent years, which metastasized to his lungs in 2020. Quinney was elected as Wilson County judge in 1998, and served from...