ASHEBORO, N.C. — Randolph County Sheriff Maynard B. Reid Jr., who served in the post since 2006, has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 69.
Lt. Jason Chabot said Reid died at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday at Randolph Hospital, where he had been since Dec. 18.
Chabot said Deputy Chief Ed Blair will become interim sheriff until a new sheriff is appointed.