Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
Less than three months after winning a second term, Caldwell County's sheriff has been hospitalized due to complications from recently diagnosed pancreatic cancer, family said Friday.
Gary Clark, who was elected sheriff in 2002 and won a second term in November, was being treated Friday in the intensive care unit at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, hospital officials said.
Family member Monte Zepeda said he is not sure how long doctors have given Clark to live but said the cancer is terminal. "I'm afraid it won't be long," he said Friday.
If Clark dies, Maj. Allen Jones, who's next in command, would fill the sheriff's role until county commissioners appoint a replacement, according to N.C. law.
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