Coordinates: 35Â°27â²N 84Â°15â²W / 35.45Â°N 84.25Â°W / 35.45; -84.25. Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 44,519. Its county seat is Madisonville.
The story of âTurkey Peteâ. Ellen Baumler writes about Paul Eitner, a Montana State Prison inmate also known as âTurkey Pete.â.
Strother Martin, a character actor whose best-known role was the. prison warden in Cool Hand Luke, is dead at age 61. Martin died of a heart attack Friday at Los Robles Regional Medical. Center in his hometown of Thousand Oaks, 40 miles northwest of Los.