TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 26, 2021

Sevier County General Sessions Clerk Connie Holt was found dead inside her home, WKRN reports. According to District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn, the deaths of Holt and boyfriend, Eric Peters, appear to be the result of a murder-suicide. Holt began working for the county in 1994 and was elected clerk in 2002. Court proceedings are canceled today and tomorrow to mourn her passing. Penny Johnson was sworn in as acting clerk yesterday morning and will serve until the county commission appoints an interim clerk.