{"id":839372,"date":"2019-12-13T11:08:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=839372"},"modified":"2019-12-14T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T21:49:34","slug":"839372","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=839372","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Councilman Dies After Lengthy Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2019\/12\/Criss20Sudduth-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-839401\" \/>TYLER &#8212; Tyler City Councilman Criss Sudduth, died Thursday evening after a long illness. According to our news partner KETK, the Representative for District 6, was remembered by his colleagues as a devoted public servant and community leader. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was my honor and privilege to serve with Criss,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Mayor Martin Heines.\u00e2\u20ac\u0153His strength of character, unwavering optimism and faith inspired our City Council and the entire East Texas community.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sudduth was elected in 2019 for City Council District 6 through special election, serving the remainder of the term vacated by former City Councilman John Nix. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are deeply saddened by the loss of Councilman Sudduth, who was a devoted public servant, father, husband and leader within the Tyler community,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said City Manager Ed Broussard. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The City of Tyler mourns alongside his family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Sudduth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seat will remain vacant until the regular election for District 6 in May, 2020. The filing period begins Jan. 15 until Feb. 14, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Tyler City Councilman Criss Sudduth, died Thursday evening after a long illness. According to our news partner KETK, the Representative for District 6, was remembered by his colleagues as a devoted public servant and community leader. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was my honor and privilege to serve with Criss,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Mayor Martin Heines.\u00e2\u20ac\u0153His strength of character, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=839372\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyler Councilman Dies After Lengthy Illness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":839401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-839372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 02:59:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=839372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839402,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839372\/revisions\/839402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/839401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=839372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=839372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=839372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}