STOKES COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- Retired Stokes County Sheriff Tony Blalock, who served as the county’s sheriff during two separate periods, has died. Blalock died early Friday morning, according to Stokes County Sheriff Joey Lemons. Blalock served as sheriff from 1974 to 1978 and again from 1982 to 1990. In a statement announcing his death, [...] ...read more read less