The Cheatham County Commission met April 20 and presented resolutions honoring former Cheatham County Sheriff John Holder.
Holder, who owned the Holder Phillips 66 service station in Ashland City until 1987, served with both the Ashland City Police Department and the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office, including four elected terms as sheriff from 1998 to 2014.
The resolution listed Holder’s accomplishments while in office, including acquiring a state grant to implement a fingerprint scanning system and the Child ID program for better security at the county schools. Besides the resolution recognizing Holder’s service to the county, Cheatham County Mayor Kerry McCarver announced that the bridge where Chapmansboro Road crosses Sycamore Creek has been re-named the Sheriff Jeff Holder Bridge…