“The situation we all had just went through was obviously scary,” said Deputy Bobby Gafford. “I think we all had a moment where we didn’t know if we were going to make it out or not.

U.S. Forest Service Officer Ty Davis, Kern County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Steffins and Sheriff’s Senior Deputy Bobby Gafford, along with a deputy trainee who accompanied Gafford, were on a dirt road ...

Sisters Gloria “Boe” Buckner of Pulaski, Sharon Swift and brother-in-law Bobby of Cookeville, Brenda Gafford and sister-in-love Maryann Hunt both of Goodlettsville. A lifelong resident of ...