Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Fallen Officers

Honoring All Fallen Members of the . . .

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Tennessee Highway Patrol
Nashville, TN

Patrolman Charles Hash
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Friday, April 11, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Walter Jones
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Thursday, July 31, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Lee Lovelace
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Saturday, February 3, 1934
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Clovis Cole
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Wednesday, May 2, 1934
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Assistant Chief Ed Kennedy
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Wednesday, August 22, 1934
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Patrolman Lindsay Smith
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Monday, December 17, 1934
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Earl Hicks
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Wednesday, June 17, 1936
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Paul Summers
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1936
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Carl Hickman
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Wednesday, September 15, 1937
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Lewis R. Boone
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Tuesday, October 18, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman Charles Gearhiser
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Saturday, November 12, 1938
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman William Howard James
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Monday, September 14, 1942
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman James Williams
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Friday, January 1, 1943
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Patrolman William H. Crutcher
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Thursday, August 3, 1944
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident

Staff Sergeant Fred Cole Waldrop
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Wednesday, March 8, 1950
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Sergeant Oliver D. Williamson
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Friday, March 21, 1952
Cause of Death: Weather/Natural disaster

Trooper Oscar Newton Morris
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Wednesday, May 9, 1956
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Trooper Raymond Hendon
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Monday, June 3, 1957
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Edward C. Jowers
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Friday, August 3, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Joseph Emanuel Dillard
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Tuesday, September 15, 1964
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper William Gordon Barnes
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Saturday, January 22, 1966
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Michael Theodore Dafferner
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Wednesday, April 6, 1966
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Lieutenant Samual W. Gibbs
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1966
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Eugene Brakebill
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Sunday, October 9, 1966
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Trooper Roy Alford Mynatt
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Sunday, February 11, 1968
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit

Trooper C. B. Martin
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Sunday, May 4, 1969
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Sergeant Paul L. Mooneyham Sr.
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Trooper Samuel F. Holcomb Jr.
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Sunday, March 27, 1988
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Special Agent Michael Lloyd Rector
Tennessee Commercial Vehicle En..., TN
EOW: Thursday, May 31, 1990
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper Douglas Wayne Tripp
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Sunday, May 19, 1991
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Trooper George Van Dorse Holcomb
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Sunday, January 26, 1992
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Sergeant James David Perry
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Sunday, October 3, 1999
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Trooper Bobby J. Maples
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Friday, November 5, 1999
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Trooper Lynn McCarthy Ross
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Wednesday, July 26, 2000
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper John Gregory Mann
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Monday, January 1, 2001
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

Trooper John Robert Davis
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Saturday, March 17, 2001
Cause of Death: Automobile accident

Trooper Todd Michael Larkins
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Friday, July 8, 2005
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle

Trooper Calvin Wayne Jenks
Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN
EOW: Saturday, January 6, 2007
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 38

Automobile accident: 10
Gunfire: 5
Heart attack: 4
Motorcycle accident: 12
Struck by vehicle: 3
Vehicle pursuit: 1
Vehicular assault: 2
Weather/Natural disaster: 1

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