Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

His brother was David Elder, who went on to become Chief of Police in MP. My father, Thomas Woodring, was a Lt. on that department. He worked with both men. We have a photo of this funeral. The fellow officers, especially Dave, looked as though they wanted to be ill. He was (from what I've heard) a really great guy.

Sandra Woodring Adams

April 17, 2012

Rest in Peace, Officer Elder. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

January 15, 2012

Rest in peace. Thank you for your service

A.Guerrero Police Officer

July 27, 2008

My dad told me about how he came to your side to try to help you when you were shot. The story he told of you always stuck with me and I grew up feeling that a hero was taken from us. Rest in peace my brother.

TA

February 8, 2008

George, I was 11 when my father, Deputy Chief of Police Bud Austin, received a call that you had been shot. He raced out of the house and didn't come back for hours and when he did he was speechless. You are one of the reasons I became an officer and all I can say is thanks and rest in peace

Sergeant John Austin
Hawthorne PD

April 26, 2007

I was 12 years old when you were killed in the alley next to the Star market. As a child I would walk where you died and think of what a hero you had been. The memory of your actions was one of the reasons I spent 32 years as an officer. I'm retired now, thanks for all you gave and the example you set for me. God bless your family..........

November 4, 2006

You are a true hero who will never be forgotten.
GOD BLESS YOU, REST IN PEACE

TMP

July 27, 2004

What a terrible fight this must have been. Rest in peace.

May 5, 2004