Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

As a correctional officer and as one who has taken offenders to court apperances, I am fully aware of the dangers. My biggest fear became Officer Morgan's reality. Thank you for your service and my sincerest sympathy to your survivors. Too often the general public believes that once a criminal is put in jail that people are safe all te while forgetting people like us who put our lives on the line to keep them there. Thank you again.

August 12, 2005

God Bless.

Darin L. Paul, Special Agent
FBI

August 12, 2005

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. YOU ARE A HERO. THE COWARDS WHO KILLED YOU HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY THE THIN BLUE LINE. REST IN PEACE, SIR WE HAVE YOUR WATCH. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, YOUR FAMILY,AND YOUR DEPT. ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIETNAM SERVICE.

OFC. CHARLES ROBSON
ORMOND BEACH POLICE DEPT.

August 12, 2005

Officer Morgan,

Thank you for your service, you will not be forgotten. Rest in peace

Officer M.Fontaine
California Dept Of Corrections

August 12, 2005

To CO Morgan,
Rest peacefully, brother.
To his family from mine,
You have our prayers, our sympathy, and our thanks for letting us help you through.

Sergeant C. M.
Az. Dept. of Corrections

August 12, 2005

Dear Family, friends, and co-workers of Cotton Morgan:

We will keep each of you in our continued thoughts and prayers. He sounds like he was a truly wonderful man with so much to give in life. His tour of duty here on earth is really not done because the wonderful memories will always be in your hearts. It's a blessing because none of those incredible memories can be taken away from any of you.

Each tear you shed is a reflection of the happiness and joy that Cotton brought into your life. From what I have read about him, he must have been not only a witness of God's word to others, but a living example.

Rest in peace Mr. Morgan, they are now in custody, and we will pray for them to, as I know you would want us to do. As the terrific person you were here on earth, it will be a joy to someday meet you in heaven. God Speed, Mr. Morgan, and we will see you at the house. I only wish we would have had the opportunity to have known you in our life here on earth.

Sincerely,
The Hill Family
(Residents of Roane County, Tennessee)

The Hill Family
Residents of Roane County, TN

August 11, 2005

Rest in peace brother, we have the watch now..

officer
South Carolina

August 11, 2005

Morgan Family & Friends,

I am so sorry for your loss. Having a husband who does the same thing, I know how difficult it can be. Please know that our prayers are with you and hope that someday your grief will be lifted.

For all the law enforcement officers serving in the line of duty, I pray for your safety and your family's strength.

Makiah Lind
Wife of OK Correctional Officer

August 11, 2005

Cotton I can't begin to tell people of the loss I felt tonight at the funeral home. I kept looking around for you. You were always with your fellow officers, offering support, hope & prayer for them in their time of need.

Besides your duties to your church you found time to also be the treasurer for our A.F.S.C.M.E. Local 2173. I know I speak for all of the Union members when I bid you goodnight...see ya later buddy

Our Loss Is Heaven's Gain
I miss you brother but I know you are in a better place. You only told us good night..not good-bye.

Correction Officer Tom Higginbottom
Brushy Mountain Prison

August 11, 2005

TODAY THEY CAUGHT YOUR KILLERS......REST IN PEACE

MACOMB COUNTY SHERIFF HONOR GUARD
MACOMB COUNTY SHERIFF, MICHIGAN

August 11, 2005

My deepest thoughts and prayers go out to the Morgan family and all of his friends and family at B.M.S.P. And to the people responsible for his death i say Galatians 6:7.

Jail Supervisor Tiny Hutson
Hawkins Co. Sheriffs Dept.-Jail

August 11, 2005

Dear Officer Morgan may you rest in peace and may your family find the strength to go on without you. You will never be forgotten for both your service to the people of the state of Tennessee and for your service to the people of this nation. Although I have been a Police officer for five years now, I was a Correction Officer first for the New York state Dept. of Correctional Services having served twenty years. I will never forget my brothers.

Police Officer
New York State Park Police

August 11, 2005

To the family of Officer Morgan,you are in my thoughts and prayers, it is so upsetting to hear of a officer passing away in the line of duty.I know the Tennessee Dept Of Correction will miss Officer Morgan dearly.I have been a Officer with the Ky Dept Of Corrections for fourteen years .I transport prisoners to court also .Today 8-11-05 an announcement was made in role call that we had recieved our bullet proof vests, I had my vest on all day,and i thought about Officer Morgan all day,I placed my black mournig band on my badge for Officer Morgan. The Stars and Stripes and the Ky State Flag was flown at half mass for Officer Morgan.I did not personaly know him, but I considered him my brother, my brother in blue.Officer Morgan will have a special place in heaven. God bless you all.

Correctional Officer KY
Ky Dept Of Corrections

August 11, 2005

CO. Morgan I had been working alot of hours this week and did not see or hear about this tragic news untill dispatch came across the air with the suspects description. It sent chills down my spine to hear the news, as it always does when we lose one of our own. I am very sorry to hear that Tennessee has lost another hero. I know you are in good company up there!

P.O. Jennifer Rollhauser
Baltimore City PD

August 11, 2005

To the family of officer morgan, May god bless all of you. Justice will be
served for the crime commited on Aug.
09, 2005. To the brushy mountain state
prison and to all law enforcment and corrections officers in this state and country....May God Bless each and every one of you every day....Officer Morgan....May you rest in everlasting peace. We will all meet in heaven one day!

Cheif L.R.Wakefield
Centurion Security Agency

August 11, 2005

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Officer Wayne Morgan, his good deeds to his community and country will always be remembered. May God bless you.

Chief Ferrell J. Stewart
Cooter, MO Police Department

August 11, 2005

Rest in peace sir. Thank you for your service.

Shannon
Collins Fire Dept

August 11, 2005

Though I did not know you, your death has made national news. Our deepest sympathies to Officer Morgan's family and the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Know that many of us feel your pain and are praying for you.

Valerie Bell
Wife of DC Officer and former dispatcher

August 11, 2005

May you rest in peace now that they have captured the person who took you away from your family, friends, and co workers. You will not be forgotten!

Westerville Ohio

August 11, 2005

Your killers have been apprehended, may you rest in peace my friend.

David

Deputy David Osborne
Leon County Sheriff's Office (Tallahassee, Florida)

August 11, 2005

I did not know Mr. Morgan, but I was deeply touched to hear of yet another law enforcement officer killed under such horrific and unnecessary conditions.
With deepest sympathy to the Morgan family and all of the officers and friends who knew him well.
Rest in peace officer.

Katie Bartram
DAI

August 11, 2005

I send out prayers to the family friends and co-workers that lost but not forgotton friend, husband, father. I hope the suspects get what they deserve for taking a inicent man like that.

Johnny Humphrey
resisdent of Roane county

August 11, 2005

My prayers are with the family of Officer Wayne Morgan. I am so thankful the fugitives were caught and no one else had to suffer pain and loss. I want to thank the diligent work of the law enforcement upon apprehending the fugitives.

Roane County Resident

Roane County Resident

August 11, 2005

may God comfort your family through this most difficult time...i know all too well your family's pain...continue your watch over them, and give them the strength to carry on...believe me, they are going to need it...

my husband, cpl. shea, served with the DE State Corrections Office before he became a delaware state trooper...it's not an easy job to do...

God bless you sir, and your family...thank you for your service and sacrifice...rest easy now, and take your place next to the Lord where no doubt you will reside...

Susan C. Shea
Surviving Spouse DSP Cpl. Shea 07/18/04

August 11, 2005

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE
OFFICERS SEND OUR CONDOLENCES. OUR
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH OFFICER
MORGAN, HIS FAMILY AND CO-WORKERS.

GOD BLESS...

PO ERNEST G. PENN
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE BUFFALO, NEW YORK

August 11, 2005