Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Billy,
There isn’t a hymn or any written words that can describe life on earth without you. You were always on for others, the brightest light in every room, your smile was contagious & you make everyone feel special. Like an ocean wave I welcome with joy as I watch it get closer until it washes over me and the sun when it shines softly on my face and gently warms me all over. You were the sun and the waves, there everday for whoever needed you; making them laugh, feel better and safer and giving us hope.

Cold blooded murderers and their friends and families get to tell terrible lies about Mike & you. I don’t care whether they lie because they are coward and scared of their own kin or they are ignorant. These people put their hand on the bible and swore to tell the truth and they lied. They are liars.
No justice was served and I can’t come to terms with this. I don’t want to question God, so I pray and pray but I still can’t make any sense out of this.

You gave so much to so many …you were batman, superman and spiderman rolled into one. And we failed you. I’m sorry Billy.
I keep trying to think what would Billy have done and what would Billy want us to do
I’m hoping and praying God will help me reconcile the murder and the acquittal. I trust your judgment, I have faith in all your decisions. If it were Mike and me instead of Mike and you what would you do? What should I do?

Anonymous

April 24, 2010

Justice will be served Billy. It may not be by the court system, but it WILL be served.

Anonymous

April 12, 2010

On May 11, 2006 at around 18:03 hours, I heard your voice for the last time. Seems like just yesterday, but we are now coming up on four years. Our judicial system failed you today. My deepest sympathy goes to your family for being victimized once again. I will do my best to continue to serve the people of Roane county just as you did.

Gone but not forgotten......

Thomas Walden
Roane County E-911

March 3, 2010

I'm gonna miss that smile
"I'm cryin' for me
I'm gonna miss you my friend
Even though it hurts the way it ended up
I'd do it all again
So play it sweet in Heaven
Cause that's right where you wanna be
I'm not cryin' 'cause I feel so sorry for you
I'm cryin' for me" TB

Anonymous

February 11, 2010

I am still, to do this day, in complete disbelief of the Roane County justice system. I have to go to a third parole hearing in a couple years for the man who shot my father, and wish your family had the opportunity to do the same for you. It hurts so much. I think of you and your family often even though I didn't know you very well. Always in my heart......

Christina Armes

February 9, 2010

Another year over, missing you still, think of you often

Anonymous

February 2, 2010

12/21
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY
You did your country proud as a Marine & Ranger, you did TN and your family proud as a policeman, father, brother and son. We are sorry that Roane County couldn't do you or the sheriff department or TN proud. corruption and crime continue to rule in Roane. Since we can't count on a justice in Roane we will give to the lord.

R.I.P.

Anonymous

December 20, 2009

Uncle billy almost your bday again well 1 less present meggie got a heck of a birthday gift huh leon walked just like we knew god roane is more corrupt and chicken than most who can be scared of cowards that hide to fight i hope the houstons sue them then maybe they will see what they let free i just hope the cowards dont hurt someone else like jury families but then they would see what they did i pray god does not have mercy on the jury judge or any lawyers they had none for us we love you and miss you like crazy happy getting old old man tell hannah and pawpaw i thought of them on theirs too 8-23 12-19 well dont worry lynnie rosie and allan right there old with you i love yoy save me a seat on the fishing boat and talk to god about helping mawmaw and jeremy they need him alot right now love your meanass niece tina the nice one hahaha

Anonymous

December 15, 2009

Dear Bill,
I know it's been a long time since we talked, but I always thought about you, mostly when I needed a laugh. Why didn't I call you more, thank you more, laugh with you more, visit with you and pray with you more? I tried so hard to think of the last time we saw each other. Your passing left an empty space in my heart, it is too much sorrow to bear. When you left the cirlce broke.

By Ludie Picket
I've see the lightning flashing, And heard the thunder roll,
I’ve felt sin’s breakers dashing,Trying to conquer my soul;
I’ve heard the voice of my Savior Telling me still to fight on,
He promised never to leave me,
Never to leave me alone.
Refrain:
No, never alone,
No, never alone,
He promised never to leave me,
Never to leave me alone.

Anonymous

December 9, 2009

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it...always."
— M.G.

Anonymous

November 27, 2009

I was shocked to read of the not guilty for one of the defendants. I immediately thought of how much pain this must have brought to all those who love and miss you. Your mother is in my heart's embrace today for this must be a bitter day. The ultimate authority we all answer to is God and his justice may be different than the Roane County jury verdict.

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

November 15, 2009

uncle billy this is my first note guess i am still mad at you for being gone.you said never trust anyone so why were you not ready?HOW did 2 COWARDS get you?I used to believe in justice guess maybe i still do a little.just not in ROANE county.why do those people worry about the COWARD AKA HOUSTONS.I never would be.Ihave said things right to the family they just talk behind our backs whats scarey there? When is somebody going to do something about ROANE COUNTY ha even saying they are an agencey is a joke.I guess it takes COWARDS TO TRY COWARDS!I hope soon someone does something.Me i would like rocky and leon to go through what we did.They should have to close their eyes and see their family full of holes think about what it looked like their bodies jerking with every shot fired after their whole family died the way you and mike did and they watched only then there would be justice.Remember an EYE FOR AN EYE.Istill remember officer TINCH coming that day to tell us i saw him look at your picture he had tears in his eyes i just started screaming for lynn i knew then you were gone.I still dont know how stuff like that doesnt happen not to UNCLE BILLY OR UNCLE RAY.Your funeral was unbelieveable bigger than a lot of stars or politicans i just kept thinking you would bitch about the fuss and mess but would secretly love it you get that from mawmaw shhhh.Give pawpaw love from me tell him i still want my playhouse up there give hannah landon everything in my heart take care of them till we can and make sure to give evelyn a hard time and all our love.MISS YOU ALL WAY TOO MUCH;Love tina

Christina Kerley
niece

November 9, 2009

I raised my glass to you today when i heard a A cowboy on a steel horse i ride wanted dead or alive. i told the strangers around me about you and what a honor it was to know you. life was so much better when you would be there everyday and i never said thank you. i want to read every line of your life story and relive all the glory it was the ride of a lifetime, and i didn't know it back then.
Thank you.

Anonymous

October 7, 2009

hey bambam,
bill i need u more than anything right now...im facing some difficult times.first there is family..im getting worse everyday seeing talk and cry about u everyday..it just tears me up tht god took u so early. But he does everything for a reason i guess..even though its hard to believe.second there is school...i started out good so far this year but then its worse and worse.now im down to a c average..i need ur guidance more than anything right now. then my teacher is begging me to join wrestling again an i dont know if i can..every time i face my opponent i just picture the houstons as them and i end up hurting them..its just very difficult right now..but i pray everyday about u and think about u...its time for me to get off here...got homework..love u bambam. bye

srg.major
nephew

October 4, 2009

If only you were here. I need you to talk me through my problems. I know you would help me to come to some resolve. I miss you terribly!

Anonymous

July 28, 2009

Bam Bam....Happy July 4th.

Anonymous

July 4, 2009

Billy,
Thinking of you today and your beautiful mother, sisters,and bro. Feeling so sorry that anyone could let people do this to you and the mother, siblings, and children who love you so dearly. I'm praying that they will find peace in this world w/out you. Send them something good...

Anonymous

June 30, 2009

YOU RAISE ME UP
bill you raise me up so i can walk on mountains.you are my whisper in the wind.you are my warm breath in the winter time.and every time i think of you i picture a white rose drenching withe blood..cause god shed his for each and every one of us.and in my eyes thats what you did for us.....i love you bambam keep us in your prayers.

sfc alex kerley
nephew

May 21, 2009

Hey Jones, Its hard to believe its been three years. I give anything to see your duct taping jobs or your 1,000 uses for liquid nails. You are and always will be "the man".

K9 Officer C.McKinney
K9 SOS/ DOE

May 11, 2009

It is unreal to think you have been away for three years. I just wanted you to know I was thinking of you today more so than usual. I miss you!!!! RIP

Anonymous

May 11, 2009

Lord hear my prayer. Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrows light will soon be here, another day goes by and the Houston Brothers are still here. They took his life, but yet they get to live.

Lord tonight help me to understand, they didn't care what was right or wrong, they did the devils work and killed an innocent man.

Lord, help me make it through the night, the days are long and the nights are lonely, guide me Lord, and give me strength, I try not to ask why, but I can't understand. How do these men get to live after they killed an innocent man.

Lord please hear my prayer.

Anonymous

April 20, 2009

I STILL LOVE YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!

Anonymous

April 17, 2009

I miss you, and everyday I hear a song,or a story about you or something happens that reminds me of you, I miss you more and everything reminds me of you.

"If I could make days last forever, If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

If I had a box just for wishes, And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty, Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you"
(J.C.)

Anonymous

April 16, 2009

Justice, justice ... praying for justice. We can't provide the justice you deserve because of the rampant corruption in Roane County -- I'm ashamed to be associated with this town and these murderers.
Any other town and these guys would be on death row by now. RIP

Anonymous

April 12, 2009

I have tried to keep up with the status of the trial(s). How heartbreaking it must be for your family to have to undergo the ordeal of mistrials, partial acquittals, and face further trials ahead of them. From my own experience, I know that the whole trial process takes a toll, physically and emotionally, on the families of the victims.

We are thousands of miles apart, but I think of your family often and hold your family in my heart's embrace and pray for solace for them and for justice for you and your loved ones.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the service Bill gave to his community and the state of Tennessee, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on May 11, 2006.

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

April 8, 2009