Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

My thoughts and prayers are with you, your wife and children and the men and women of the Henry County Police Department Sergeant James Gilbert. Thank you sir for your service.

Lt Thomas Drury
Clare City P.D. Clare,Mi.

May 4, 2004

Sgt Gilbert and Henry County PD,

May God be with all the members of the Henry County PD and the Gilbert Family. We at the St Johns County Sheriffs Office also lost a loved one on this same somber day. All of our prayers go out to all of you, and I know I now have another guardian angel watching over me. Sgt patrol the streets of heaven, as we continue to the fight on earth. God Speed brother, you are gone but never forgotten. You are a true American Hero.

Dep W F Schrader II
St Johns County Sheriffs Office

Deputy W F Schrader II
St Johns County Sheriffs Office

May 4, 2004

I pray God's grace to be with Sgt. Gilbert's wife, children, family, friends and co-workers. Your law enforcement family is with you. Psalm 55:22

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

May 4, 2004

We are going to miss your smiling face!
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Matt 5:9

Spouse of HCPD Michael Cash

May 4, 2004

May the Lord be with you, your family, and Department in their time of loss.

Another Brother Officer has been taken to the Lord to assume his new assignment guarding the heavens with St. Michael

Deputy
Ingham County Sheriff's Office, Michigan

May 4, 2004

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

May 4, 2004

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Sergeant James (Jimmy) Gilbert … and the Henry County Police Department… our hearts and prayers are with you all...... Thank you for a job well done Jimmy... rest in peace as you continue your watch from the heavens......your memory will never be forgotten...

God Bless....Be Safe..... and wear your vests...

Vin, Pook and all of us at beyond-the-blue

Vinman and Pooky -Site Owners
beyond-the-blue

May 4, 2004

Please remember the fallen officers we have lost. Remember the men and women who died trying to make this world a safer and better place for us all to live in. Thank you Sergeant Gilbert for a job well done. Please continue to watch over us and protect us as only you can. You will forever be at our side and in our hearts.

For those of you who still have loved ones with us please take the time to tell them how much you appreciate and care about them.

IF I KNEW

If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.

There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,

That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear

Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

May 4, 2004

Each time I leave a reflection, I feel like there are no words to say that will express how sorry I am for the loss of another HERO. Rest in peace, Sir. May GOD bless this family!
Shirley Roberts-Aunt of Fallen John Logan E.O.W.March 14, 2004

Shirley Roberts

May 3, 2004

Rest in Peace Sgt. Gilbert, My thoughts and prayers are sent your way from Pennsylvania. God be with your family, friends, and Department during this tragic time.

Tonya Stephenson
Private Citizen,PA

May 3, 2004

Dear Gilbert Family and Friends,

I am sorry to hear about your loss. Please take some comfort in two verses from the Bible: "Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted." Matt. 5:4 and " Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the Children of God." Matt. 5:9. God Bless.

Ofc. Mike Snyder
Coral Springs PD, Florida

May 3, 2004

To Sergeant Gilbert family and friends our hearts and prayers go out to you

God Bless you

terry miyares, surviving spouse
Officer Emilio Miyares, Hialeah PD< Fl 11/6/86

May 3, 2004

Rest easy brother, The watch is ours now.

Officer
Atlanta Police Dept.

May 3, 2004

L.T. I can't imagine how life will be without you. I'm going to miss sharing stories of our families and work. I've learned alot from you and I'll always carry those things with me. You are an inspiration to us all. Always with a smile and always ready to go get the bad guys. I can hear you up there in heaven telling those fellow officers, "If it ain't raining.....we ain't training." Thank you for being such a great friend, teacher, and leader. We will always love and remember you.

Officer
Henry County Police Georgia

May 3, 2004

MAY GOD BLESS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS OF SGT GILBERT DURING THIS SAD TIME IN THIER LIVES. MY BROTHER, MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. A HERO FOR SURE. YOU SERVED WELL.

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

May 3, 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).
Unfortunately, I had to add the name of another friend. Deputy Jeffrey Hewitt, Buncombe County (NC) Sheriff’s Department, E.O.W. April 4, 2004.

I am saddened to see the name of another officer added to this list today.

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 Ingle (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood County EMS (NC)

May 3, 2004

Our Thoughts and Prayers are
with your Family, Friends and Co-Workers.Rest in peace.

AJ RUSSELL

May 3, 2004

Brother, may God bless you and your family.

Special Agent
FBI New York

May 3, 2004

Jimmy, you were a great guy and you will be missed! My prayers are with your family.

May 3, 2004

Jimmy, I'm sorry to hear that God has called you up so soon. Say Hi to Robbie for me. I'm back at it agian tonight and I'll be thinking about you guys. I'll see you soon brother. Fair winds and following seas.

Tom McClelland

Cheif Deputy Thomas McClelland
Roberts County Sheriff

May 3, 2004

Sgt. Gilbert,

God Bless You.....My thoughts are with your family and the Henry County Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.....

Officer
NC

May 3, 2004

Rest in Peace. Bless your family and department....

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

May 3, 2004

I NEVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE ME,
MY NAME FOR ALL ETERNITY.
RECORDED HERE AT THIS HALLOWED PLACE,
ALAS, MY NAME, NO MORE MY FACE.
"IN THE LINE OF DUTY" I HEAR THEM SAY.
MY FAMILY NOW THE PRICE TO PAY.
MY FOLDED FLAG STAINED WITH THEIR TEARS,
WE ONLY HAD THOSE FEW SHORT YEARS.
THE BADGE NO LONGER ON MY CHEST,
I SLEEP NOW IN ETERNAL REST.
MY SWORD I PASS TO THOSE BEHIND,
AND PRAY THEY KEEP THIS THOUGHT IN MIND.
I NEVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE ME,
AND WITH A HEAVY HEART AND BENDED KNEE,
I ASK FOR ALL HERE FROM THE PAST...

DEAR GOD LET MY NAME BE THE LAST.

LT. JAMES A. WILLIAMS
N.Y.P.D.

May 3, 2004

Rest in peace, sir.

Captain Robert W Cannon, Ret.
Vermilion Co, Il. Sheriff's Dept.

May 3, 2004

Today I write this with a heavy heart as another Georgia brother in blue is taken from us. On behalf of the men and women who serve and work for the Georgia Perimeter College Police Department, our thoughts and prayers are with Sgt. James (Jimmy) Gilbert's family, friends, and co-workers with the Henry County Police Department. God bless our Georgia brother in blue. Now you can walk Heaven's beat.

Officer Johns
Georgia Perimeter College Police Department

May 3, 2004