Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

My heart cries for the wife and young son of this trooper. I am praying for them and for all of the families of law enforcement personnel who have gone through this kind of grief and for those who wonder if they will.

Wife of a deputy sheriff

June 26, 2008

Trooper Blanton,
Your bravery and courage inspire those of us left behind as you have been taken to Heaven. My thoughts and prayers to you, your family and all of the North Carolina Highway Patrol as we try to understand this loss.Rest now, Trooper, for we have your watch. Heroes Live Forever.

M/Sgt. Barb Freesen 3808
Illinois State Police/Academy

June 26, 2008

Your family and close friends are in my prayers. I ask that all of your close friends, especially those in the Blue Family, look out for your loved ones. Continue to keep watch over your loved ones and protect them from harm. You are a true hero and heroes never die.

Bob Gordon
Father of Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

June 26, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with you during this very sad and confusing time. May God grant you peace.

Kathy

June 26, 2008

I pray that God will ease your pain and provide you comfort. I am deeply sorrowed by your loss and tremble at the experience you are going through. Although not much here can give you joy right now, God can. I am praying for your son, Tye Blanton, that he will be strengthened. I am praying that one day you will smile again, even though I am sure that task seems insurmountable at this point. Your husband is respected and honored for what he gave.

June 26, 2008

It was with great sorrow that I read about the death of this brave young Trooper. I learned that he was the first member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians to become a trooper. May there be many more. My condolences to his family and friends.

Dedeeshkawnk juniyohoosa, Dedeeshkawnk ahyoheest, Dedeeshkawnk daynahnohtee.

Chief James H. Foster
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police

June 26, 2008

It saddens my heart to hear of your loss. I was not honored to know Trooper Blanton or any of your family, but feel a kinsmanship as a fellow American Indian. Mine and my families prayers are with you all. We also pray for healing for Ty. May God's ever abounding peace comfort you through this most difficult time.

Nokomis

June 26, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Trooper Blanton's family and the entire Highway Patrol family.

Jerry Underwood
Citizen

June 26, 2008

Thank you for your service, Trooper Blanton. Your wife and son are in my thoughts and prayers. May God bless and protect them both as they try to make sense of their loss. Your family and friends, the NCHP, and all of us will never be the same.

Richard Hudgins
Warren Wilson College

June 26, 2008

Praying for God's hand on Mr. Blanton's family, to bring them peace, love, and comfort.

Cortney
NC resident

June 26, 2008

My heart breaks for this young family who has lost their husband and father. I am glad that Trooper Blanton got to meet his son no matter how short the time. My prayers are with the family during the difficult days to come as you adjust to life without him. Things never get back to normal, but you find a "new normal" by the grace of God. If you reach a point when you feel you can't go on, lean on God and He'll carry you.

June 26, 2008

Shawn, it is a privelage to say i knew you as family and as a friend.It breaks my heart to know we will not be able to see your wonderful smile or hear that one of a kind laugh anymore here on earth ,but it will forever be in my memories.You were such a wonderful young man i keep asking why such a good person i guess god needed you more up high.THANK YOU FOR BEING THE PERSON YOU WERE AND FOR YOUR COURAGE TO PROTECT ALL.You always did your best as you were the day it came your time to rest and you always seem to live life to the fullest.G-540 Shawn blanton you will always be sadly missed and loved always Michaela, so sorry for your loss. I justed wanted you to know i watched shawn grow up and in my memories shawn was always happy but to me the happiest and proudest i ever saw him was the day he married you, him in his tropper uniform and the pictures of him holding baby tye.We will always be here for you.I can only hope to experience the love you had in your short time together in my lifetime.Even though his life was cut short i take comfort in knowing he seemed to have everything he wanted in life -married the love of his life, had a job he loved, and became a proud father and lived his life with the lord and he is know with him watching over us.May we all try to help you with tye to let him know what a wonderful person and hero his dad is.I pray that you may always be able to feel the love of the good lord and shawn around you and tye to carry you through and may god bless you and tye.Thank you for being the love of shawn's life and the mother of his child-all of which made him so happy. tye, your father was a amazing person and friend.He touched the lives of all he meet while he was here and many more as he left.i can not imagine the courage and strength he must have had but i know it will live on inside of you.May god bless you to all law enforcement THANK YOU for your service none of us could every thank you enough and take comfort in knowing a angel above is watching over you-FOREVER G-540-
SHAWN- You will never be forgotten!
May we all try to live our lives the way shawn did in his honor...

shelly b
EXTENDED FAMILY of G-540

June 26, 2008

I would like to express my deepest symathy, and prayers to the family, and friends. Trooper Blanton, is a brave man, he stood for what he believed in. As we all know that everytime we put our uniform on we take a great chance of not returning to our love ones. We still do it because of what we believe in and for the love of our jobs. Thank you Trooper Blanton for your devotion to your State and family. My prayers are with you and your family. Thank you my brother.

Sonia kirkham from Dallas Ga

sonia kirkham
police officer

June 25, 2008

I would just like to express my sympathy in your loss. We are praying for your family during this trying time. May God Bless and Keep You.

Sincerely,
BKHart

June 25, 2008

Coming from a family where my Dad was Sheriff, my brother a Captain , son a Federal officer and my husband a judge, I cannot imagine what Officer Blanton's wife and family must be feeling.My heart grieves for them all. Many folks are praying for them and would like to know how we can help them. Thank God for the men and women that serve as law enforcement officers daily to provide us with safe neighborhoods and highways.

Diane Thompson
Citizen

June 25, 2008

I never met you but we are the same. You are forever my brother and I will aspire to be the hero that you were. Your family in law enforcement will never forget. May God embrace you and your family in the most special of ways.

Deputy
FCSO,NC

June 25, 2008

Trooper Blanton,

Thank you for everything you gave to your family, your community, your job and your LEO family. I can't even start to know what your wife is going through. I pray God will hold her close and allow her to be able to tell Ty how special you are and he'll know you are a HERO to many people. I pray that your mother, dad and brother can have the same peace that God is so wonderful to give. Please know that we as your LEO family will watch over Michalea and Ty and be here if they need anything. Thank you for your service to our State and all that you stood for.

Shevell Martin
Wife of Det. Scott Martin BCSO

June 25, 2008

May God be with your family during this tragic loss in their lives. Another good guy was taken from us. You will be missed dearly. Rest in peace brother you are in God's care safe now.

the oravits family
ncshp trooper and family

June 25, 2008

I never knew you or your family. I don't even live in your state. All I know is, like all the brave officers, you were protecting me. Please accept my condolences.

Lisa
just a citizen

June 25, 2008

To the family and friends my thoughts and prayers are with you . To all the brothers and sisters in uniform, we honor the falling everyday by putting on the uniform gray, black, or blue, to serve and protect our citizens of our zone, and hope and pray we all go home. We hate to hear our worst fears come true, when someone one screams officer down in the gray, black, or blue. We all come running to see what we can do because we all want to get the person that did this to you. We are a family who takes care each other no matter the uniform black, gray or blue!

Rest in peace brother you will never be forgotten.

Deputy P.J. Sitton
Buncombe County Office of the Sheriff

June 25, 2008

It is with a heavy heart that I learned of the senseless death of a fellow law enforcement officer. To the family of Trooper Blanton I pray for peace for you during this most difficult time. My family and I pray that your wife and son will also find peace from this tragedy. You willing laid down your life to protect the lives of others and yes some of those did not deserve your protection but the ultimate professional you swore to protect and serve. Protect and serve you did. God Bless the Blanton Family and the memory of Trooper Blanton will live on through the lives of those who loved him
Brian Grogan & Family Chief of Police West Jefferson NC

Chief of Police
West Jefferson NC

June 25, 2008

I received an email from a friend in Houston, TX who used to live in North Carolina. Her sister-in-law forwarded an email asking for prayers for Trooper Blanton's little boy.

The email tugged on my heart strings. Five years ago this past January, my step brother, Virginia State Trooper Michael Todd Blanton was killed in the line of duty during a "routine" traffic stop. His story parallels that of Trooper Shawn's in so many ways...the names, both died far too young, serving their community, leaving behind a wife and young son and countless family members and friends to grieve their loss.

May the memory of Trooper David Shawn be eternal. May God comfort his wife, son, family and friends as they mourn. Finally, may God bless Tye with health and well-being.

Christi Ghiz

June 25, 2008

My condolences to your family, friends, co-workers. Your ultimate sacrifice for the safety of all others will not go unforgotten!

D. Johnson
FBOP

June 25, 2008

Michaela,
I wish I could find the words that would lessen your pain. I wish there was something I could do to help you through this tough time. I want you to know that you and Tye are in my every thought and my every prayer. I trust that God will make Tye stronger with every breath. I pray for your strength as well. May God comfort you and give you peace in your time of need.
Just know that you, Tye and your whole family are very loved and countless prayers are going up for you!

Brandee Rich
NC State Trooper Wife

June 25, 2008

Someone Special

Someone special
Died today,
Leaving this world
Lonely, bleak, and gray.
He was a man in blue
With a badge and a gun,
Who left behind
A wife, a mother, a son.
His warm sad tears
Wet the earth as he died,
While his brothers in blue
Wept and cried.

His badge now rests
Upon his still breast,
A shining bright star
Among a dark blue chest.
Though the sun will warm
Another summer day,
The world is so cold
Cause someone special died today.


Poem copyrighted © 2004 by Lydia Warner Miller
Web site copyrighted © 2005 by Lydia Warner Miller

I am so sorry for your loss. You will all be in my prayers.

Annette
Citizen from CT

Annette
Citizen from CT

June 25, 2008