By William Marvel
Carroll County has had a few sheriffs whose tenures have been so satisfactory that they have repeatedly won reelection. Our current incumbent comes to mind, and not long before him there was Roy Larson. The longest-serving was Grant Floyd, whose name flourished in the local newspaper from my childhood through my third decade.
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