Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Today is our wedding anniversary. Your are still loved and missed just as much as the first day we were without you. We had our 4th Christmas without you. I won't say it was easier, but this was the first christmas that instead of dreading it, I almost looked forward to it. I think the kids looked forward to it too. There is still a hole in all our hearts that will never be filled, not until we can see and kiss you again. We still hang your stocking and I bought your airplane again this year and hung all of them on the tree.

I love you, Your memory lives on with us. Sometimes it still feels like you are here with us.

Your loving wife,
Lee Ann
12/30/2007

December 30, 2007

"The Badge"
He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.
He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.
Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.
He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.
His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.
He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.
And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.
But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.
Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.
Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.
So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.
In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.
Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.
Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

November 13, 2007

Happy Birthday,
We love you so much.

Your loving family

April 15, 2007

Happy Easter

April 9, 2007

Hey Baby, Happy Valentines Day.
I am so sad today. I think this day always meant more to you than to me. I had a good cry with Matthew. He got me a dozen pink roses and a box of Russell Stover's. It's hard to believe that 3 years ago today you sent me the last red roses ever. The kids know it's hard for me. They still give me cards and stuff, I think they want to try and take your place. To try and make me feel special. I love them for that.

I know you are in a better place, but I still wish you were here with us. I love you and always will.

Lee Ann
Wife

February 14, 2007

I can't believe it's been three years, I know to your family it has seemed like a life time. I just wanted you to know that I have not forgotten you.

LeeAnn, Matthew, Charrlene and Danielle we will be thinking about you today. I think about you a lot but today will be hard. We just wanted you to know that we care and love you guys.

Connie Barker Fort Walton Beach, Fl
Mother of Clint Walker E.O.W. 1-14-04 Prattville, Al

February 12, 2007

Three Years....... It only seems like yesterday.... We all miss and love you. We never knew how much someone could miss another, till we lost you. We talk about you everyday. Our memories are what keeps us going sometimes. This date will always be remembered. Valentine's, Mardi Gras, will always be saddest time of the year for us.

We love you and we will never forget.
Your loving family.

February 12, 2007

As we approach the anniversary of his death, we pause to honor the memory of Corporal Thompson and to acknowledge his ultimate sacrifice.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of his surviving family members. May God comfort and keep each of you.

Major D.W. Warren
Montgomery Police Dept. - Montgomery, AL

February 8, 2007

Merry Christmas

December 29, 2006

Merry Christmas
We love you. You will never be forgotten. This is the third Christmas without you, it still seems like a dream. We know you are in heaven celebrating with Jesus on his birthday. You are in our hearts and thoughts all the time. We laugh, we cry, we remember, we will never forget.

Your loving family.

December 27, 2006

I just want you to know Matt, that you are always in my thoughts and I do miss you. You are still a part of my life and I know that you are with me always.
Love and missing you.
Mike

Michael "Bucky" Thompson
brother

December 21, 2006

Rest in Peace, Corporal Thompson. Your sacrifice if not forgotten.

Officer 11169

October 26, 2006

I love you, I will never forget you. We are in my heart all the time.

July 25, 2006

Happy Father's Day
We Love You....

June 20, 2006

Lee Ann, Matthew, Charrlene, and Danielle

I realize it was your fathers birthday this past weekend. It was a pleasure meeting you in Washington, DC during the candlelight vigil. It was such an honor riding in fathers name during the Police Unity Bike Tour last May. I will always remember your hushand/ father. I will not be riding in the Police Unity Tour next month. I made a commitment to ride and raise money for Diabetes Research the same weekend. This event is near and dear to my heart since my daughter Erin is afflicted with Type 1 Diabetes. Every time I ride my bike I proudly wear the Police Unity Tour jersey and think of Matt. My only regret is that I never had a chance to meet him. Stay heathy and safe and remember that there are many people who think of you and Matthew on a daily basis.

Special Agent Chris Schoppmeyer
NOAA Fisheries - Office for Law Enforcment

April 17, 2006

it's been 2 years today fallen brother
be proud your family is so strong
let us not forget this fallen hero

Officer Conway
G.S.P.D. formally Mobile

February 13, 2006

Hey Baby,
I was looking back at all of the reflections for you, it doesn't seem like it has been two years. Life has gone on, like people said it would. But there is such a hole in our hearts, that will never be filled. The house is so empty without you. Most of the time when the kids and I laugh is when we are talking about you and remembering something funny that you said or did. They are doing ok, but I know that deep down inside they are never going to be the same. I wish that I could talk to you, that is why I write in my journal. It makes me feel that I am talking to you.
I Love You. I Miss You. I Wish You were here.
Your loving wife,
Lee Ann

February 12, 2006

It only seems like yesterday that we were watching T.V. and your picture came up, another Officer Down. Almost a month to the day of Clint's, everytime I see an Officer Down it brings back so many memory's, I know that you what I'm talking about.
LeAnn just wanted to let you know we enjoy getting to know all of you in Washington, just wish we could have been there for different reasons.
Corporal Thompson keep watching over your family.
I will never forget.

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

February 11, 2006

Cprl. Thompson..just wanted to stop by to let you know that you have not been forgotten..please be with your family - friends & co-workers as your 2nd birthday in Heaven comes up..continue to watch over them & your fellow brothers/sisters in blue..YOU ARE GONE..BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN..REST IN PEACE & WITH EASE BLUE ANGEL!!!!

girlfriend of a dpd
detroit, mi

February 10, 2006

The 2 year anniversary of you being called away is almost here. I wanted to leave a reflection to let you know that you have not been forgotten nor will you ever be. Those that love you will remember you for as long as they walk this earth. The Blue Family will also keep your memory alive. You are a true hero. Wrap your wings around those that love you and protect them. Try to relieve them of some of their grief.
"Always in our Hearts
Always in our Words
Forever Young
Forever Blue
Our Guardian Angel."

Bob Gordon, father of fallen officer Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

Bob Gordon

January 25, 2006

It's been 23 months, it only seems like yesterday. You will never be forgotten.

January 13, 2006

Merry Christmas

December 29, 2005

You are missed.

November 26, 2005

18 MONTHS...
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN...

August 11, 2005

I have had the pleasure of meeting Lee Ann since this has happened to Matt. I met his children this weekend at our Alabama COPS picnic. I can see the love they have for their dad. We all are here for each other. I am glad to have gotten to know them but hate it too....if it were not for our losing our husbands we never would have met. But through this I have gained friends. I pray that God will continue to heal their wounds. The wounds never go away but they get better. My prayers still go out for them.

Denise Nichols - surviving spouse
Alabama State Trooper Brian K. Nichols EOW 2/17/2002

August 7, 2005