Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Hi sweetie,

Sometimes I can't believe its been 3 years since I've held your hand but others times it seems like it was just yesterday. I hope you know how people still love and respect you. It was very nice seeing so many of your friends and co-workers yesterday. You are so missed. We will continue to celebrate you life and grieve your untimely departure to heaven. As you already know, I will forever love you with all my heart. Until we meet again, rest well.
Your babygirl,
Lee Ann

January 13, 2006

I have visited the site of your accident and said a prayer for your family and friends. May God continue to bless your department and thank you for your service.

Patrolman
Chesterfield County Police Department

January 12, 2006

Officer Booker,

I honor you Sir. You walked the path of the warrior and fought the good fight. With utmost respect and brotherly love, Jim Crotty (Former Richmond, VA Police Officer).

Jim Crotty Special Agent (Ret.)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

January 12, 2006

Officer Booker,

I honor you Sir. You walked the path of the warrior and fought the good fight. With utmost respect and brotherly love, Jim Crotty (Former Richmond, VA Police Officer).

Jim Crotty Special Agent (Ret.)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

January 12, 2006

Dear Officer Booker and Family,

I read the story of your accident and cried because I could feel all over again the resolve and determination and adrenalin rush that I know you guys get when you are confronted with the lawbreakers and evil that confronts you continually.

We lost our precious son a year and a half ago. All he ever wanted to do was be a police officer. He loved it......the good and the bad.......he hated having to deal with the same people over and over and watching the courts turn them lose time after time.
He tried to make a difference in people's lives and I know you did too.

We remember you today and your sacrifice.

With Love,
Linda Rittenhouse, Matt's Mom
Officer Matthew Rittenhouse E.O.W.9/16/04

January 12, 2006

Hi sweetie,

I don't come to this site enough because I you tell everything that's on my mind and in my heart all day every day. But, seeing that you continue to get heartfelt messages, just warms my spirit. Sometimes, I feel I'm all alone in my heartbreak but I'm quicky reminded that so many people care about you and that you touched so many other lives. I don't know why I would expect any less knowing what impact you had and continue to have on my daily life.
You are awesome...always have been and always will be. Just today a co-worker gave me a check for your scholarship fund. See, you continue to help young people.
I was blessed to see all of your family this past weekend. Your mom and David are doing well. I'm sure you know the big news!!!
Unfortunately, we continue to lose more of your fellow officers around the country. I wish I could make it stop! Please watch over the New Orleans PD as they have suffered the next worse thing next to death, total devastation and civil unrest.

I love you and I will praise the day we are reunited in Heaven.

Forever yours,
Lee Ann

September 7, 2005

Andre,

I met your LeAnn in DC this year. I hope you are in Heaven enjoying everything our Lord has promissed. Say hello to Scott for me.

LeAnn,

I just wanted you to know I was thinking about you.

Big Hugs to you, Andre, and all of his family,

Monica
Fiancee Scott Stewart EOW 8-11-02 Detroit

MonMidg@yahoo
OfficerDownSignificantOthers yahoogroups

June 21, 2005

Andre, it has taken me a lot to send you a reflection. This reflection comes through tears as I remember the way that you touched my life. I remember running with you in the academy, seeing you graduate, and you being the first officer to respond to my mayday. It was comforting hearing your siren as you came to my aid and seeing you when you got there. Every academy class that I teach remembers and honors you. You will never be forgotten and brother I will see you again.

Officer K.S. Howdyshell
Henrico Police

June 10, 2005

As I reviewed the messages posted here, I cried and thought about the sacrifices made by current and former Police Officers of Henrico County Police Department. As a former Police Officer of HPD, I know about the dedication made by our fallen comrades. God Bless!

Former Police Officer of Henrico Co. PD

February 4, 2005

Lee Ann:

I pray that you are getting stronger and stronger every single day. I see that it has been just over 2 years now, but that does not change one's love. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers that each day the pain will get just a bit better. Take care of yourself as much as possible.

Jessi Garger
Fiancee of P.O. Cole Martin E.O.W. 4/25/03

January 30, 2005

André,
We still miss you every day. I will be at peace when I see you again. I love you!

Forever yours,
Lee Ann

January 14, 2005

To the family our prayers are with you, we will never forget our fallen officers. Just thinking of you.

Connie Barker
Mother of Clint Walker E.O.W. 1-14-04

January 12, 2005

Thank you for serving the citizens of Henrico, central Virgina and our nation. May God continue to bless your family, friends and department.

Patrol Officer
Chesterfield County Police Dept., Va.

January 12, 2005

Our thoughts and prayers are always with your family. We miss you brother.

Ofc. D.K. Craft
Henrico County Police

January 4, 2005

Dear Officer Booker,

It is with great respect and sadness that we write this to express our condolences to the Henrico County Police Department and to you and your fine family. God gives us great peace in allowing us memories of good times. Dwell on these good memories. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Thank you for your love and care of your fellow man. Please watch over us from above and pray for us. We love you dear one.

Grandma & Grandpa Hinkle
Parents of a Deputy Sheriff

October 16, 2004

In the blink of an eye for the way that he tried, he paid the ultimate price.... Along with all others whom we honor each spring with words that we speak and the songs that we sing. Lies the question we all ask, which no one can say.....Andre gave his all....Did I come close today?

The last time I saw you was the evening before we lost you. Standing next to you at the Magistrates window. You were booking one in, I was releasing one. I have thought about that conversation and those few minutes we spent together often. I truly regret the fact that I did not get to know you better. As you walk you beat in heaven, I hope the shifts are short, the calls are few and the pay is better....rest easy now.....we'll take it from here.

L. Moss
Former Sgt.
Henrico Sheriff's Office

Patrol Officer Larry Moss
Lake Charles Police Department

October 6, 2004

Lee Ann,

Thanks for leaving condolences on my fiance's page. It is a terrible thing that bonds us, but I know with the love of our lost loved ones and the support and the support of new friends, like yourself, we will make it through this.

Best of luck,

Jocelyne

PS: I will be at Police Week 2004. Look me up if you make it out there.

Jocelyne Brar (Winnipeg, MB Canada)
Deputy Sheriff Dennis McElderry's fiancee - EOW (01/03/03)

April 19, 2004

I stop by this website often after the death of two dear friends with the NCSHP (Troopers Calvin Taylor E.O.W. October 3, 2001 and Anthony Cogdill E.O.W. May 30, 2003).

We all grieve over the lives lost in the line of duty. I hope you can find some comfort knowing that there are countless prayers that go out for your family.

These are senseless tragedies that never seem to stop. God Bless the men and women who continue to serve their communities in our great Nation.

...Gone, but never Forgotten....

Marti (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood Co EMS (NC)

April 4, 2004

It's been a year since your EOW here on earth but not with the Lord. Your family is coping but you are dearly missed. Thank you for your lasting impressions from boyhood to manhood. You served with pride.

Family friend T. Morris

January 12, 2004

Officer Booker death was indeed a tragedy. We lost one of our own on Father's Day this year. Bless you and your follow officers and friends and family

S Gilderdale
Friend of VT State Police Sgt. Michael Johnson E.O.W. 6/15/03

November 28, 2003

Although we had never met, we still wore the same uniform and I would have defended your life to the death just as you have defended ours with yours. Thank you Andre, and may God Bless You and your family. You are in a better place now, one in which we can only dream of and wait for God's invitation. Watch over us Andre, and we will meet each other properly someday.
MC

Officer M.J. Cloutier Jr.
Henrico County Police

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about you. Your smile and attitude is something we all miss on A platoon
God bless, and know that we all love you.

Officer M.C. Reed
Henrico Police

Although I did not get to know Andre' on a personal level, I did see him at work in our Administration Offices. Every time that I did see him, he had a big ole' smile that you could never forget. He had that smile for his co-workers and I saw that smile as he talked to some citizens in the lobby about a police related incident. God bless, Andre!!

Payroll Clerk - Retired
Henrico County Police

Booker, it was a long academy that we made it through and remebering the big smile your face always had is a hard thing to forget. Its been a few months since you passed on from that tragic accident but i still find myself riding by the parking lot and looking at that pond trying to forget that's where you left us. I only wish that accident could have been prevented. I still find myself on midnights thinking about the academy and thethings we all did together.I sincerely hope justice is done to the cause of this tragedy. God bless you Booker.

Anonymous

Officer Booker is safely home.. Months after this man's death I am thinking of his family, friends and co-workers. Eventually, time will bring you all together again...
May Peace be with you.

Samantha
EMS; Youngstown, Ohio