Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace Chief Deputy Sheriff Smith.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 26, 2022

Chief Deputy Smith,
On today, the 40th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Montgomery County. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

January 12, 2021

Charles Busby was adopted by general store owners in Vaiden. He was always smiling and having a good time. Most boys around town didn’t have very much so they would make friends with him and hang around the store. He would give a friend the shirt off his back. Dep. Smith was well liked by all. His killer was mentally ill. The sheriff was shot about as many times as he was. He was a crack shot with a .22 cal. semi-auto rifle and waited for the two officers to step up to his house and ambushed them from around the corner of the house.

LT. Bernard Evans
MS HIGHWAY PATROL/Close friend

January 14, 2019

I am a native of Montgomery County and remember Chief Deputy Smith. He once gave me an old uniform patch that was no longer in use. I was 10 years old when he was killed. The last memory I have of him was during the Winona Christmas Parade when he was helping with traffic control by blocking Webster Street at the intersection with Summit as the parade went by. That is when he gave me the patch - likely a few weeks before his death.

God bless him and his family. He will never be forgotten.

Spokesperson Chris Baker
Mississippi Department of Corrections

March 27, 2018

Cheif Deputy Smith your sacrifice will never be forgotten! Thank you for your dedicated service to Montgomery County and the citizens you were sworn to protect! Continue to rest in peace my fellow LEO brother!
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." John 15:13

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of GOD." Matthew 5:9

Corporal Tony Dunn
Mississippi Highway Patrol, Troop D

January 12, 2016

Your heroism and service is honored today, the thirty-first anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Laslater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Your memory will always be honored and revered. I pray for solace for all of those who love and miss you for I know both the pain and pride are forever. Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

January 12, 2012

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

VANDENBERGHE
Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH

January 4, 2008

The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
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and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

December 4, 2007

May you Rest in Peace.

January 12, 2007

Chief Deputy Smith,
On this, the 24th anniversary of your death, I would like to say thank you for your service to the citizens of Montgomery County.

R.I.P.
Anonymous

January 12, 2005