Auxiliary Deputy Ronnal Ralph Stanley, 24, was killed on the evening of August 31, 1983, after responding to a hit-and-run near Butler while serving with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department. Stanley, filling in for a deputy at training, and colleagues attempted to arrest a man suspected of drunk driving on Highway 67. During a scuffle the suspect fled into nearby woods; Stanley chased and caught up with him. In the struggle the suspect gained control of Stanley’s service weapon and fired, mortally wounding the deputy.

Stanley left behind a wife and three daughters. An 18-year-old was arrested after the shooting, later convicted of second-degree murder and given a 30-year sentence; that individual was paroled in 2004.

Were there people in Mountain City or Johnson County who remember Deputy Stanley or the events that night and can share what they recall?