Ray Blanton (D), who was ousted from office in 1979. The case, an investigation into the murder of Chattanooga businessman Samuel Pettyjohn, was part of the highest-profile political scandal in ...

Leonard Ray Blanton was convicted of ... He died on Nov. 22, 1996, and is buried at Shiloh Church in Hardin County. T. Edward “Eddie” Sisk: Blanton’s legal counsel was convicted of ...