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Council approves historical marker honoring Chief James Franklin Sutton at his South Branch Street home
2679873 · March 19, 2025
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Monroe City Council approved a $2,100 historical marker to honor Chief James Franklin Sutton, who served as Monroe’s first African American chief of public safety and was a community leader; staff said funds are available in the public safety budget.
The Monroe City Council approved the installation of a historical marker honoring Chief James Franklin Sutton, to be placed at 106 South Branch Street.
Staff presented background on Chief Sutton: born in Monroe in 1940, a graduate of Winchester High School (1959), U.S. Army veteran assigned to military police…
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