Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Chuckles,
We loved you like a son. I will always enjoy my memories of you, Roy, Davey, and my boys growing up through the years. Everytime I look out my kitchen window, I will see you playing home-run derby. We will miss you and think of you everyday. I know you're smiling down on us from heaven.
Love,
Martha & John

Martha Moomaw
Second Mom

August 31, 2006

Chuckie,
I miss you so much brother. I thank God for the times I've spent with you and feel so honored that you called me friend. And next time I'll pass that run because I know you'll be running with me. I love you.

Lew Whitener
Friend

August 31, 2006

My husband grew up around Beckley and is now a police officer in Indiana. How tragic for the city of Beckley and for Corporal Smith's family and friends. My husband lost 2 friends in 2003 to gunfire and we share the grief and sadness of your loss. May God give you guidance and comfort. And to his wife and daughter, you are in the hearts and prayers of many who grieve with you.

Wife of LEO

August 31, 2006

My condolences to the Smith family and the Beckley PD.

D. Wiseman
former deputy for Dallas Co. SO

August 31, 2006

I look at this page every day and I cry. Chucky was a Good Police, and a friend to many. He was the officer that many, including myself are not. I will miss him greatly along with many. We never thought that we would see one of are own on this web page. At this time we can’t breathe, smile or sleep. Chucky is the reason we will stand tall and proud and remember that this is an honorable and just job that many are not willing to do. We will continue on and make you proud brother!! Remember that we love you and will never forget what you did for us and what you stood for.

Sgt. Jake Corey
Beckley Police Dept.

August 31, 2006

To Det Charles Smith

Thank you for your dedicated service. You will be missed by your family, friends, and all members of the police department family. No words I can say can easy your family's pain as I have found. We are praying for you and your family.

Brother of PO Jeremy Chambers 101
E.O.W. 04-24-2006

PO Chris Chambers
St Louis Co Police Dept Mo

August 31, 2006

To the family of Cpl. Smith, May God bless you in your time of loss. Cpl. Smith thank you for your service and may you rest in peace. The watch is covered here. God Speed My Brother In Blue.

Sgt. Tim Howard
Wiggins Police Dept, Ms

August 31, 2006

My deepest sympathy goes out to Corporal Smith's family and friends. It has been a very sad few weeks in southwest virginia and southern west virginia. May God keep us all safe.

Friend of Corporal Eric Sutphin
EOW 8/21/06

August 31, 2006

our heart felt sympathy goes out to the smith family & also to the beckley police dept. for their fallen brother.

cpl j.m. young
huntington police dept

August 31, 2006

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13

That is exactly what you did. You gave your life for all of us. You will never know how much you meant to so many and what an impression you made on my life alone. We will thank God everyday that you were a part of our lives. The world is at a great loss without you, Chucky, and my only hope is that you may have rubbed off on a few of us! Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice. Miss you forever.

"He who doesn't fear death dies only once."
-Giovanni Falcone
WE LOVE YOU CHUCKY!!!

Kacey McKinney
friend

August 31, 2006

I ment Chuck when he first got hired into Beckley City Police,He left a very lasting impression on me of how proud he was to be a Beckley City Police officer. Chuck was a very fine young man and a very fine Beckley Police officer,he was a policemans policeman.I considered it an honor to have ment this officer and known him,my heart felt feelings go out to his family who are very fine people,please know that your loss is a great loss to all those who knew Chuck,My prayers and thoughts are with the family,Blessed are the peace makers they are the sons of God.

Retired First Sgt. Bob McComas
West Virginia State Police

August 31, 2006

My heart goes out to my fellow co-workers and the family. As someone who knows what it feels like to have someone you love snatched away so suddenly, I know the enormous pain you are experiencing, as am I. The only thing that can be done now is to lean on God and each other. We will always carry Chuckie in our hearts. God bless you all!

Heather Richardson
Beckley Police Dept.-Records Div.

August 31, 2006

Chucky will never be forgotten. Rest in peace brother.

Robert Workman
Friend

August 31, 2006

Chucky, May God be with your family especially your little girl, she will later know how much of a "True Hero" you were to the citizens of Beckley and this State. I will keep your family and fellow oficers in my heart during this difficult time. Chucky We wont forget you, and I will honor you at the Giacomo golf tournament you always played in to remember Deputy Giacomo another fallen hero. We will remember both of you and we at the golf tournament will miss you...God Bless you and your family may god help them through this time.

Cpl. M. E. Underwood
West Virginia State Police

August 31, 2006

Chucky,
You were my best friend when I needed one, you were my partner and my back-up when I needed it. We have spent alot of great times together at work and away from work. I will miss the many conversations we had while we were waiting for that next big bust. You will be greatly missed more than anyone could know. I look at this empty chair sitting in front of me waiting for you to come in and crack a joke at me and for us to talk about what happened the night before. Even though you are gone you will never be forgotten. You will be forever in my heart and I will never ever forget you. You are my HERO Chucky .............

Detective Sergeant
Beckley Police Department

August 31, 2006

I really never knew Chuck personally,I met him at some of those "boring" in service classes we all have to take!I know alot of the BPD guys and I will keep them in my thoughts and prayers!!!BPD is our brothers to the "west", they have been good to all of us here. That's the administration down to the road officer!If there is anything I or our department can do, please don't hesitate to call us!!!

Cpl. Rick Honaker
Lewisburg P.D.

August 31, 2006

You have given the ultimate sacrifice protecting your community. Most people don't appreciate the role Police Officer's play, they don't realize the selfless acts that are preformed everyday to keep us all safe. You will never be forgot for the sacrifce that you gave and the lives you touched. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and loved ones. May God look after you and your family. It's never said enough, but Thank You.

Courtney Oiler
Clerk, Mt. Hope PD, WV

August 31, 2006

There are many people who will miss you. You were a good person with a kind and loving heart. You helped Eric get through The Police Academy 111th class. Your support and encouragement meant so much. I remember the two of you coming in on Fridays, you couldn't wait to get home to your family, and the dread on your faces on Sunday, knowing that you had to leave for another week to be put through it once again. You did it though, and you made your family and friends proud.I remember you walking across the stage during Academy graduation. You were so proud and thankful. You were fun to be around and you will be deeply missed by all of us.Thank you for making the world a safer place. Many prayers to your family. We know that we will see your face again one day.You WILL NOT be forgotten!

April Clay
Wife of Eric Clay, Sophia PD

August 31, 2006

As a former citezen of Beckley, I would like to thank you Chucky for your dedication and committment to the citizens of Raleigh County and the city of Beckley! May God be with your family and your precious little girl. Words can't express the feeling of hearing of a fallen officer who helped protect my home & family! Enjoy your mansion He made for you!

Barry L. Dillinger
Former Beckley resident

August 31, 2006

Officer Smith paid the ultimate price for being the buffer between normal people and the scum of the earth. May his family find solitude in the fact that he was doing what he enjoyed doing and felt compelled to share his talents with all his fellow officers worldwide. There is nothing which can replace him but nothing will ever replace his memory either. We all die a little each time another officer fails to make roll call one more time. May God bless his family and friends.

Deputy Danny Smith
St Lucie County Sheriff's Office

August 31, 2006

As a former citezen of Beckley, I would like to thank you Chucky for your dedication and committment to the citizens of Raleigh County and the city of Beckley! May God be with your family and your precious little girl. Words can't express the feeling of hearing of a fallen officer who helped protect my home & family! Enjoy your mansion He made for you!

Barry L. Dillinger
Former Beckley resident

August 31, 2006

When my son called and told me about this tragidy, I was
filled with such grief for this family and his fellow officers. May you know that we regard this young man as a true American hero. God bless you and hold you close in these difficult days ahead. You will be in my thoughts and
prayers.

A.E.
Mother of a WV State Policeman

August 31, 2006

My deepest sympathy to the immediate family and law enforcement family of Detective Smith. I so hated to hear of another horrific tragedy in West Virginia and to see another life cut so short.
To Britney: I was married to Deputy Bill Giacomo who was also killed in the line of duty 9/11/00 in Summersville, WV. Nothing can prepare you for this or the days and weeks ahead. There are no words appropriate at this time to even come close to consoling you. Just know you will be in my thoughts and prayers. I understand too well the numbness, loneliness, fear, hurt, distrust, and disgust you must be feeling. I pray the Lord gives you the strength you need to get through the trying days, months, and years ahead in not only your pursuit for justice, but with picking up the pieces of your life and that of your daughter's to get through whatever life has to offer for you. I pray that with each passing week, the pain you feel becomes less and that you can again find meaning and peace in your life and that of your daughter. You and your family are so blessed to have a beautiful reminder in your daughter, of the love you and he shared. Please know your husband will go down in history as a hero, died doing a very respectable job in honor, a job in which he loved. In the loss of your husband, may you find hope and some consolation in that you have gained a family of thousands in the law enforcement community who will be there to help meet your daughter's, yours, and your family's needs more than you can ever imagine. I pray the Lord will bless you, your daughter, and Detective Smith's family as he has me.

Staci Lanham
Surviving spouse of Nicholas Co, WV Deputy Bill Giacomo EOW 9/11/00

August 31, 2006

Chuck
You were an inspiration to everyone you came in contact with. You are and always will be a hero to me and the ones who really knew you. You will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN FOR YOUR BRAVERY, YOUR KINDNESS AND FOR JUST BEING YOU.
I will be looking forward to seeing you again. May you rest in peace.

Lisa Acord
Aunt/Friend

August 31, 2006

Thank you not only for your service to the Community, but to your Country as well. You have touched many souls in you short time on this earth. God be with you, your family, and the Beckley Polie Department. In the brief time we shared on the Department I could see that you were someone who could be counted on to be there for others. I am proud to have know you. God bless.

Retired Lt. Bob Tipton
Beckley Police Department

August 31, 2006