Shenandoah County Circuit Court, Virginia
End of Watch: Monday, March 7, 1927
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 27, 1926
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Justice of the Peace Samuel Funkhouser succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two months earlier after responding to a home to investigate reports of a domestic disturbance.
When he arrived at the home he was shot and mortally wounded by the intoxicated male subject.
Justice Funkhouser had served with the Shenandoah County Circuit Court for three years. He was survived by his wife and three children.