A former long-time fixture in Washington County politics has died. Seventy-nine-year-old Scott Fergus, an attorney who had been dealing with health issues for the past few years, passed away on Monday. Fergus, who was often referred to as “the fourth commissioner,” was himself, a county commissioner in the 1990’s, after being appointed to the position to replace Joe Ford. Fergus, however, when he ran for re-election, lost the race. He was then appointed to fill a vacancy on Washington City Council and won re-election to a full four-year term, but later resigned to become the county’s Director of Administraton for the next fifteen-years. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 3rd from one to three p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Home in Washington. A funeral service will be held at eleven o’clock in the funeral home on April 4th. (Photo: Facebook)