Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Chuck,

Hey man. I was just thinking about you, and wanted to stop by.

Vance

Sergeant V.T. Rosen
Henry County Police Department

November 30, 2007

Hey Boogies,
Tell my dad happy birthday for me today. I miss and love you both very much!!!!

November 20, 2007

Chuck,

I was just thinking of you, and thought I would drop ou a line. Bet you liked that GA / FL game huh? Anyway, say hey to Wilbur, and Jimmy, and James for me. Take care.

Vance

Sergeant V.T. Rosen
Henry County Police Department

November 6, 2007

Hey Bro, I just felt like writing tonight. I know you know, but this week especially has been tough. Here we are again with another Football season and I can't call you. I know Sat. night we would have been celebrating for sure. What a nerve racking game. Football always makes me miss you more than even on a normal day. And me, now playing flag for fun. You would love playing with us. There is some much in my life that would just simply be better if you were here. I am about to hit another holiday season without you (It will be here before we know it) and I dread it. Still after so much time, things have not gotten easier. Sure things are different. But not easy. Never could I imagine waking and going - wow it's easy now. What a joke. I know it is different for everyone but for me there will always be a piece that is missing. Rachel was actually rooting for the bulldawgs with us Sat. (of course we were playing Alabama - which she hates:->). Roy reached out this week, we haven't connected but hope to soon. He still misses you I know. He is really the only one that keeps in touch consistenly other than Jeff at HCPD. Everyone else probably doesn't want to bother us - but if they only knew that would never be the case. Sure life is hectic and times seems to fly whether you have fun or not! But we would love to hear from anyone that cares about you. Especially your girls. We miss them and wish we could reach out. Maybe one day we will get lucky and they will search for you (us) on the web and come looking for us. We would want nothing more than to have them as a part of our lives. Not to replace you in anyway, but because we love them and they are family. Nothing could replace or even cover the wound that we all still share without you here. We love you. I miss you daily and hate that your not here to celebrate GA football with me. Hate that you can't help me with life choices and decisions. I cherish your opinion and need you so many times. There was nothing quite like our friendship and I will always crave a word. Love always, miss ya, your sis.

Sis

September 23, 2007

Hey Boogies,
Well football season has officially started and everyone knows how you are about football. It makes me think about all the games we watched together and about the cold weather, which was your favorite. I was thinking about the first Auburn/Georgia game we watched together, and Auburn won, and you were such a good sport about it. Even with all of your GA gear on.... face mask and all. And the Halloween pumpkin you carved, an Atlanta Falcons pumpkin. Only you... I think about you all the time and wonder if my life will ever be like it was when you were in it. It has not been so far but I can't even begin to describe how happy it makes me to know that you were and are a part of my life. I would have rather known you for the short time that I did than to not know you at all. I love you very much and miss you!!!!

September 8, 2007

Chuck,
I recently read a story that you have no doubt heard by now. It is about Sergeant Henry Prendes. He was murdered by a drug addicted lunatic in Las Vegas. He too was as civil servant only second to his obedience as a child of God. He was shot on Feb 1, 2006. I hope you two have met. I have watched video tributes for him and it reminds me of the tributes that have been paid to you. His death has changed hundreds... maybe even thousands of lives.... AS YOURS HAS TOO!!! God Bless you both and all of those servants that are serving in your footsteps.
God Bless you bro,
Greg

greg banks
friend and spiritual brother

September 4, 2007

Chuck,
After all these years since CommonPoint Mortgages where we worked together, Heather was able to locate me on July 18, 2007 and to finally tell me you had passed a few years back. Ah, we had some great times...and this was before you were a cop. Heather told me everything...what a great cop you were. I can only imagine. Keep the angels in line up there...

Hoover

Peter Hoover
Friend

July 19, 2007

Still thinking of you daily bro. I cannot wait to see you again!

Greg Banks
priveleged friend

July 9, 2007

We were classmates in the Fulton County police academy. You were a good man then, and now you have earn your wings with God in heaven. May God bless your family, and we will meet again.

Raymond Harrington III
NYC

Raymond Harrington III
Police academy classmate

July 8, 2007

Chuck,

Just finished working a pretty bad crash on a Deputy. Of course, it made me think of you. Miss you. You were a good friend.

Mack

TPR Mack Ward
AL State Troopers

June 30, 2007

I did not know Officer Haist, but he is in my thoughts and prayers every day.
My husbands truck broke down, the morning Officer Haist passed. I loaded up the kids and went to pick him up from the Waffle House in the early morning hours @ exit 218. We were standing in the parking lot waiting on the wrecker when we heard sirens and watched police cars pass by, then we heard the crash, but at the time we did not know what the sound was. We had to drive past the site of the wreck on the way to the repair shop, just as the first officers had arrived on the scene. This tragic accident has touched me in ways that I can not explain and I wanted to let Officer Haist's family know that I think of him and pray for your family every day.

HC Citizen

May 30, 2007

Chuck,
A Henry County Sherriff's Deputy was killed Sun. morning around 5 am off of exit 218. It is so eerie. It has really hit us hard. It brings back so many memories. I know you were there to greet him and show him around. Kat, your mom, Beth and I just got back from Police week in DC. It was alot different this year. Last year was so sad, and Kat, Beth and I shareed a stomach virus, so I really don't remember alot of it. It is kind of a blur. This year, although it was still sad, it was also comforting. To see your name on the wall with all the other fallen heros, and to know it will be there forever makes me proud to be your cousin. We all still miss you. It does not get easier. In fact, everytime an officer is killed, it is like living it all over again. Keep looking out for us from above, we know you are everytime something happens like the sirens at the wedding:) We all knew you were there, and although it made us sad, we had to smile in spite of ourselves.

Until next time,
Brandy

Brandy Mapp
Cousin

May 22, 2007

Chuckie, I can't believe today you are 35 yrs old. I just celebrated my 33rd and know that you are still celebrating life after death in heaven - so Happy Birthday (and yes, you are still older than me:->). I went by your grave today and someone left you a momento from AJ. I don't know who that is, but it was very nice. I just want you to know that it is not the same without you here. I get mad at you sometimes because I really think in so many ways that you got the better end of the deal:-> But I still love ya:-> I really miss you and don't know how I am going to handle yr after yr of celebrating your bday and not getting my big bear hug or eating at Red Lobster or Olive Garden - your favs. It sux. This evening I watched so many videos and listended to cds that help me remember you and it was priceless. I got to hear your laugh and see you smile and you felt so alive to me. Someties I really wish you weren't a hero - that way you could just be here w/ me. But on the other side I am proud of you and glad you are a hero. You will never be forgotten if I have anything to do with it. You will always live on in my heart, and everytime someone asks - hey what is that bracelet, I just smile and talk about you for as long as they will let me. Beth and I just went down to Savannah and participated in that ride and we all plan to ride again in April (28th) to honor and remember you. We are still proceeding w/ your foundation and so much more. You are just missed by so many and dearly by your sis. In my heart is where I will keep you bro, until we can meet again. And with today I am one day closer to seeing you and getting that bear hug again. Love always, Miss you daily. Your sis.

Sis

April 9, 2007

Chuck,
Today is your 35th birthday, and our 3rd birthday without you. It is still so hard to believe that you are gone. Although life has gone on without you, it has not been the same. Everytime we do something as a family, I always think about how incomplete it feels without you there. Don't worry though, Jay is becoming quite the little comedian. He reminds me of you with the things he says and does. He has a servent's heart and loves to make people laugh. By the way, one of Jay's friends was killed last Friday night. He was only 14. His name is Taron George. Please look out for him, I know he misses his mom and brother. Tell him you are Jay's cousin and I know it will make him feel more at home. Anyway, please know you are still loved and missed deeply. You will be missed forever!
Brandy

Brandy Mapp
Cousin

April 9, 2007

We just wanted to thank everyone who attended the Feb. 16th service to honor Chuck. True heros never die. They maybe gone, but never forgoten. WE LOVE YOU, CHUCK, AND MISS YOU DAILY!

Brandy Mapp
Cousin

March 15, 2007

Hey Kat and Family hope everything is going well. We found this poem that were going to share with you guys.

When tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name,
and took me by the hand.
The angel said my place was ready in Heaven far above, that I would have to leave behind,
all those dearly loved,
But when I walked through Heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home,
For God looked down and smiled at me,
and told me welcome home.
So when tomorrow starts without me,
Dont think we're far apart,
for everytime you think of me im right there in your heart.

Jeff and Amanda

March 1, 2007

Chuck,
I cant believe it has been two years. I was up early this morning thinking about the morning you taken from us. I wanted to attend the memorial but I had to do something with my son. I miss and love you very much.

Linda Brewer

February 16, 2007

Two years has not made it any easier for you being gone. I miss you and love you. We will be getting together tonight to remember and honor you. I look forward to seeing everyone and sharing memories of you. I know you will be watching and laughing along with us. Until next time...

Brandy Mapp

February 16, 2007

Boogies!
I miss you and love you very much!!!!

February 16, 2007

Dear Chuck,

Hey buddy! I wanted to write to you in time for tomorow. I unfortunately will not be able to be there for you, and I am sorry. I am out of town this week, and next. The shift is aware of the get together, and I hope that some of them will go. There are only a handful assigned to the watch that knew you but some of the younger guys feel a kinship with you I am sure. I will be up early tomorow, and I am sure that I will replay the morning two years ago to the day that I recieved the call from Sergeant Nebel that you had died bravely, trying to get to your brothers. I will remember the sad honor that Sergeant Maddox and I shared when we pinned your shield on your chest for the last time. I will remember firing a rifle for you in your twenty-one gun salute. (I still have one of the spent cartridges) I will remember accompanying your family along with Sergeants Nebel, Maddox, and Brand to Washington for you, and the other brave heroes to be honored last year. Lastly, I will remember you in general. The times that we shared together in 154, the pool party at Dawson's, the first time we met, when I thought you were a crazy man!, the training we attended together. As I am writing this I am smiling, and I know that you are smiling too. One can never know the bond between brother and sister Officers except those who share in it. I do not have the corner on the market with your memory, I know that all of us here at Henry County feel that same bond toward you, because we all shared time with you Chuck. I will remember you with fondness, and the fact that you died as you lived, as an example of what it means to be a good man, and a great Cop!

Vance

Sergeant V.T. Rosen
Henry County Police Department

February 15, 2007

To the family of Officer Haist,

My deepest sympathies on your loss. I lived only 1/2 mile away from the site where he died. I saw the wreck, and immediately knew it was bad. I am hoping that the people who committed the crime that he was responding to receive the maximum punishment the law will allow.

Thanks for keeping us safe. Now it is your turn to rest.

Jeff Carrier

Jeff Carrier
EMT Student

February 14, 2007

Hey Cuz,
This weekend Beth, Kat and I got together to work on the get together we are having on the 16th. We watched some videos of you and Rachel. It hurt and felt good at the same time to see and hear you. It has been almost 2 years since you went home, and we laughed through tears as we watched you give a tour of the cabing you guys stayed in in Gatlinberg. You were so much fun and it was almost like having you back while watching that video. You are still missed daily and loved deeply. Keep watching over us and one day we will all see you again.

Brandy Mapp

February 12, 2007

Just a note for you and your family to let them know you have not been forgotten. God's Grace & Love to you all.

Major David McCart
Henry County Sheriff's Office Ga.

February 11, 2007

It has been a long time since I left you a message. I think of you everyday. I have a tag on the front of my car in memory of you. I am often asked what does it mean. Then I tell them about you and what a wonderful friend you were. I miss you so much. I miss emailing you and your repsonses to my crazy questions. I miss calling you when I need someone to talk to. So many things have happened in my life since you left. I wish you were here to tell me that everything will be ok. I love you and miss you so much. Well I hope to see you soon.

Linda Brewer

January 15, 2007

Bro,

Missed you during the Holidays. Of course they are never the same. Mom and I ran into Russell at your grave on Christmas Day. His mom pasted recently and he was out visiting her as well. He wanted a magnet and put it on his car immediately. You were loved and still are by so many. Happy New Year and keep signaling me w/ Vick! Love ya, Kat

Sis

January 4, 2007