Sergeant James Leroy Biggs

When I was in the Marine Corps I met Trooper Biggs twice in two days and will never forget it. On a Friday night around 9, I was on I-64 hitchhiking when he picked me up lectured me on how unsafe it was to walking along the road, he did give me a ride to the WV state line and told me if he ever caught me out there again I wouldn't like the results. Sunday night I was hitching back to Quantico and DANGED if he didn't stop again and to this day I have know idea where he let me out or if I was in VA or WV or what road I was on, I just know it was daylight before I saw a house. His only words were "Get in" and "Get out, walk". Shortly after the bridges were named to honor him I passed over them and reflected back to our encounters and when I got back to my home in Caroline County I contacted Sheriff Tony Lippa who I knew was a retired Trooper to see what we could do to name two bridges in Caroline County after two fallen troopers, Trooper Lohr and Trooper Farmer. Thanks to my chance encounters with Sgt Biggs the day the two Caroline bridges were dedicated I met an ex-trooper that had gone to the academy with Trooper Biggs. Thank you for your service Sgt. Biggs

Roger G. Cavendish
Citizen

December 18, 2018