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Obituary

Richard Allen Corso

Heart attack claims Sumner County Detective Richard Corso
by Cheryl Tatum

Sumner County lost a dedicated and outstanding law enforcement officer with the death of Richard Corso, his colleagues say.Corso, 60 died early Friday morning of an apparent heart attack.  He had been employed with the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department since 1988.

“Richard was a fine Christian man and an outstanding officer,” said Sheriff J.D. Vandercook, who worked with Corso for about 13 years. “He came to this department in 1988 as a deputy when I became sheriff.  He had been with the Gallatin Police Department for eight years,” Vandercook said.
In 1994, Corso was promoted to detective and served in that position until his death. “He was an excellent role model for our younger officers,” Vandercook added.  Captain Don Linzy, head of the department’s criminal investigation division, under whom Corso worked, said if everyone was like Corso, there would be no need for law enforcement.  “Richard was one of the nicest people you would ever meet.  I never heard him raise his voice in all the time I worked with him,” Linzy said.
Vandercook said much of Corso’s caseload was related to sex crimes, and he had an excellent working relationship with the Department of Children’s Services in working to protect child victims.  “He was a very good detective,” Linzy said.  Linzy added Corso was usually the first to work and never called in sick.  “To everyone, he was a bright spot in our day.  He never had anything bad to say,” Linzy said. 

Corso lived in Hendersonville with his wife Amy.  Funeral serves were Monday at the Miracle Tabernacle Church in Hendersonville with burial at the Beech Cemetery.   Pastor Sam Corley III officiated.  Active pallbearers were family members while honorary pallbearers were officers and employees of the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department.   Detective Corso was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Ethel Corso.  Beside his wife, he is survived by sons, Tim and Mitchell Corso; brothers Robert, Michael and Joseph Corso; sister, Wencie Reynolds; and six grandchildren.

Source:  Hendersonville Star News,  June 12, 2002

The following article appeared in the Gellatin paper under the obituaries:  June 10, 2002:

Services for Richard Allen Corso, 60, of Hendersonville are 2 p.m. Monday (today), June 10, 2002 at Miracle Tabernacle Church in Hendersonville with past Sam Corley III officiating.   Burial is at Beech Cemetery.  Pallbearers are Mitchell Corso, Robert Corso, Andy Rogers, and Brent Rogers and honorary pallbearers are the officers and employees of the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department. Mr. Corso died Friday, June 7, 2002. 

Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Mr. Corso was the son of the late Joseph and Ethel Corso.  He was detective with the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department.  He is survived by his wife Amy, two sons, Tim and Mitchell Corso; brothers, Robert, Michael and Joseph Corso; sister, Wencie Reynolds; and six grandchildren.