Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace Joey

Carson loveless

February 6, 2024

Sorry with great responsibility that we lost such a officer former chip and prison worker. Thank you

Rory hicks police officer
Chp la county

June 2, 2021

Deputy Sheriff Meyer,
On today, the 90th anniversary of of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Galveston 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 2, 2021

Deputy Meyer was my grandfather. I am one five children from his daughter Josephine. My mother use to tell stories of when they were young. How much she loved her father and having to go court for the trial. My Aunt Loretta use to keep up with how long his murderer was in prison. He finally got out in the 70's as an old man. I wish I
Could have meet him. R.I.P. Officer Meyer.

Susan Huff Hebert
Granddaughter

March 21, 2017

I would like to reiterate what my brother has previously written, with a couple of additions. He was not only a husband and father; he was the patriarch of an entire family. A family that soon began to fall apart after his passing. His wife, Dorathea, would pass away within 5 years, and his minor children would have to leave their home to live with relatives. Though time has passed, the pain never diminished for his children, as evidenced by the pain you could see in his only son's eyes over 70 years later. My Great Uncle Bub was only 8 years old when his father was murdered, and he was still asking "what if" questions until the day he passed a few years ago. I will always remember you, even though I never met you. I will teach my children to remember you also. Rest in Peace.

Mark A. Peebler
Great Grandson

August 11, 2014

Thank you Joseph Meyer for your service. My Mother use to talk about you all the time. You were a wonderful father. You are not forgotten.

Susan Hebert
Granddaughter

May 7, 2014

Always remembered - never forgotten. Thank you for your sacrifice.

Greater Houston C.O.P.S.

January 2, 2014

It is my great honor to call Joseph Meyer my great-grandfather. He was a detective for the Galveston Police Dept. prior to working for the Galveston Sheriff's Dept. but after 82 years, his murder tends to overshadow his life. That isn't the way it should be though.

My thanks to all of you who have written in on this page. I was touched by each reflection. Let me share my own with all who come here.

Joseph was a son, a husband, and a father, among other things. That is the part that shouldn't be brushed aside by the maner of his passing. He wasn't a statistic, he was a man with a family.

His family still remembers him, as evidenced by two of his great-grandchildren writing in here.

It will be my duty to pass on his service revolver to the next generation in a couple of years. It will go to his great-great-grandson, an Eagle Scout, who will keep the memory of Joseph Meyer alive. He, and other family are Joe's real legacy.

Officer R. B. Peebler
Port of Galveston Police Dept.

March 29, 2013

You're the hero who lives forever in our hearts. Deputy Meyer, thank you so much for the ultimate sacrifice you made for the citizens of Galveston County and the great State of Texas.

Greater Houston C.O.P.S.

January 2, 2013

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

Time never diminishes respect, not even 81 years.

Rest In Peace

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

January 2, 2012

Rest in peace, Deputy Meyer. You're not forgotten.

Greater Houston C.O.P.S.

January 2, 2012

Deputy Sheriff Meyer,
On today, the 80th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Galveston 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 2, 2012

I appreciate all that the officers of Galveston County do for the Island and the Peninsula. I am sorry I never received the opportunity to meet my Great-Grandfather, but am proud of his service and devotion to the citizens of Galveston County.

Brenda Hood
Great-Granddaughter

June 1, 2011

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

December 30, 2007

Rest in peace Deputy Meyer. Thank you for your service. We'll take it from here knowing you've still got our backs.

Deputy Mac McIntosh
Galveston County Sheriff's Department

August 28, 2007

MY BROTHER, MAY GOD BLESS YOU. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. A HERO FOR SURE.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

January 2, 2006