Then Tallahatchie County Circuit Clerk Paul O. Eastridge, left, is pictured with then Tallahatchie County Chancery Clerk Nick Denley during a December 1999 retirement celebration for Denley in the courtroom of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston. Eastridge and Denley had served in county government since both were first elected to their respective positions in 1975 and took office in January 1976. Eastridge, at 64, died of cancer in July 2004, six months after beginning his eighth term as circuit clerk. (Photo by Clay McFerrin)