Pettus (left) spoke to Fiscal Court in 2013
Former Christian Fiscal Court magistrate, Hopkinsville city councilman and Hopkinsville policeman Rudolph Pettus passed away Saturday morning.
Pettus served District 1 as magistrate from 1999 through 2014, having already spent several years on city council.
County Attorney Mike Foster remembers Pettus as a man who cared deeply for his community.
Pettus was 84 years old and arrangements are incomplete at Gamble Funeral Home.