According to an article in the Adair County Community Voice, Coroner Roger Huckaby resigned after a meeting with Adair County Judge Executive Larry Russell Bryant.

At the August meeting of the Adair Fiscal Court, Huckaby asked for approval to replace one of his three deputies after one resigned. Judge Bryant questioned why Coroner Huckaby needed so many deputies, but magistrates moved forward and approved the replacement.

Huckaby went to visit Judge Bryant the following day to provide any details the judge might want in order to understand how the Coroner's office works. The meeting did not go well, and later in the afternoon Huckaby returned to Bryant’s office with his letter of resignation.