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Joseph Alfred Stegall (July 26, 1905- April 25, 1993) was a country music recording artist, minor league baseball player, and in 1990, at 85 years of age, oldest Chief of Police in the United States.

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"J.A." Stegall was the youngest of 11 children, born in Henry County, Va, to James Alfred Stegall and Rosa Minter Stegall. He was a self-taught guitarist, and at 22 years old, joined with balladeer Kelly Harrell to form the Virginia String Band. At the time, Kelly, Stegall, and other group members were textile workers for Fieldcrest Mills in Fieldale, Virginia. They recorded with Victor Studio and OKeh Records until the depression when studios could no longer pay for backup musicians

Returning to Fieldale Textiles mill, he pitched for the minor-league Fieldale Towelers and worked as the mill's special officer of security. From his post at mill security he joined joined the Fieldale Police department. When he retired in 1990 he was the oldest Chief of Police in the U.S., and in 2015 shared that title with St. Matthews, Ky Police Chief Norman Mayer, 85., and in 2017 by Police Chief Bob Smith, 85, of Forest,Ky.

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