Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

We lift up the Blanton family and the NCHP in our prayers during these sad times. He who chooses the warrior's path may not always return, but his sacrifice for freedom and justice will live eternally. Rest in peace friend and brother.

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth but the righteous are bold as a lion." Proverbs 28

Sergeant
Pennsylvania State Police

June 20, 2008

Always make sure his son knows he died a hero and let his memory live on. Thanks for serving.

Mark Schumacher
St. Charles County, Missouri

June 20, 2008

MY GOD SHAWN I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START!!! IM GONNA MISS SEEING THAT BIG SMILE AND HEARING THAT LAUGH OF YOURS AND MISS HEARING YOU YELL HEY DUMB BLONDE EVERYTIME I SEEN U OUT SOMEWHERE! I MISS YOU SO MUCH. RIP AND MAY GOD BLESS YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY. I LOVE YOU SHAWN

NATASHA
GOOD FRIEND SINCE ELEMENTRY AND NEICE OF NCHP STEVE SUTTON

June 20, 2008

I'm sorry. I'm so very very sorry.

Survivor of fallen LEO

June 20, 2008

The Memorial page is too Long.. It is filled with Heros who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice!! I am retired K-9 handler and wish that each and every Law Enforcement officer would be issued a K-9 partner! In most if not all situations such as Trooper Blanton here, it would definitely turn the tables in favor of the Trooper!!!
My Prayers to Tropper Blanton wife and Family.
Wade H. Walker,III

Retired/Fl. Deputy-Sheriff
Brevard County Sheriff Office

June 20, 2008

Trooper Blanton
Sir, i have been watching your tradgic story with much interest. It is amazing but not suprising how long of a criminal record your killer had and the fact he was still on the street doing what he does break the law and put lives in danger. It shouldn't have took your life to keep this EVIL person in a cage, several court systems in Florida had the chance. I know it don't change anything now and most likely want in the future. I had the pleasure of meeting Trooper Giles Harmon briefly in 1985 when i was just getting started, a true hero just as you are and as are all the Troopers that have been taken from there familes in Haywood County over the last 23 years. I-40 in Haywood county is a dangerous strech of road and i admire all the Troopers and Deputies that try to keep it safe for all of us. May your Killer finally get his ultimate punishment and may the Lord somehow provide the strenght needed for your family, co-workers and especially your newborn to somehow continue on. Sir you will always be remembered.

Public Safety Supervisor, Gary Mintz
Warren Wilson College, NC Public Safety

June 20, 2008

REST IN PEACE BROTHER,YOUR SACRIFICE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

INVESTIGATOR BOB CAMERON
CLEVELAND HTS PD (OHIO)

June 20, 2008

TROOPER BLANTON,

I WISH YOUR FAMILY MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES IN THIS TIME OF GRIEF, WHY ANOTHER OFFICER TAKEN AWAY FROM US AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE? I WISH WE COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO ASSIST JUST LIKE MANY OF OUR OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WISH THEY COULD HAVE. MAY YOU REST EASY BROTHER AND WALK BESIDE GOD AND HIS KINGDOM AND PATROL HIS STREETS , MAY YOUR FAMILY FIND RELEIF FROM THE HEARTACHE THEY MUST BE FEELING,
WE SALUTE YOU SIR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

OFC. C.L. FLEMING
WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PUBLIC SAFTEY

June 20, 2008

What a tragic loss, such a young child left at home fatherless. We greatly appreciate the ultimate sacrifice you have made to allow everyone in America to live safely and free. Thank You

Detective Constable Viktor Sarudi
Toronto Police Service

June 20, 2008

Keep an eye out for us brother, you will not be forgotten.

Deputy
WCSO

June 20, 2008

Trooper Blanton, you are a true hero and will NEVER be forgotten. Rest in peace brother, the Lord has called you home to patrol Heaven's streets. All our prayers are with you, your family, and the Highway Patrol during this difficult time.

Mike Hendrix
Raleigh Police Department

June 20, 2008

I will keep your family in my prayers. Thank you to you and all LEO's across the country who take the risk every day when they go to work. God Bless, RIP.

Detention Officer
Henderson County Sheriff's Office

June 20, 2008

You will be missed, brother. We will never forget you. You were a warrior. 1*

Corporal J.R. Taylor
Greenville Police Dept

June 20, 2008

My thoughts and prayers go out to Trooper Blanton's family, both personal and work. Please know how much we care for all of you. Know that we share in your grieving though we understand that it doesn't lessen the burden. Rest in peace Brother Blanton.

Dep II LaNelle Parris-Day
York County Sheriff's Office

June 19, 2008

Almighty and eternal God. We commend.
Trooper David Shawn Blanton Jr. to your Loving
care,
Bless his, Wife, New Born Son, Parents, Family,
Friends, and Bless the Troopers with the N/C Highway
Patrol, N/C.
Comfort then now and always, Amen.

TO the Family of Trooper I want you to know that I know
and feel your pain, I will keep each of you in my prayers,
and to his New Born Son, I want you to know that your
Dad died being a Hero,a real Trooper, and that hes in
God's hands now, My heart goes out to you little one.
God Bless you baby, you will be in my prayers alway,
Your Dad will never be forgotten, He will always be in
you little heart,

I will not leave you comforless I will come to you.
John 14-18

Rest in peace, Troooper Blanton Jr. wehen one is
fallen we all feel the pain,
God has another Blue Angel there to Patrol the Streets
in Heaven,

Mother of a Deputy Sheriff.
Maryland.

June 19, 2008

Though I do not know you, I know that you put on a uniform much the same as the rest of us, to serve our communities/citizens. Your service and what you stood for live on. Your clear for 10-42, go be with God, we got a handle on everything down here.

1stLt D.I.F. USMC
United States Marine Corps

June 19, 2008

Although I have not seen you since May 11,2006, the day we finally earned the title TROOPER, I have thought about you and the 27 others that graduated from the 115th Basic School many times. No matter what you always were positive, smiling and laughing, even though it got us in trouble a few times during those 29 long weeks. I was shocked to learn that night of what happened from one of our classmates as I too had a car stopped. I wish I could have been with you "fighting in the ditch against that pulpwooder". My thoughts and prayers go out to your Parents, Wife and Son. I know from now on you will be riding along with the remaining members of the 115th watching over us and protecting us. You maybe 10-42 forever but you will never be forgotten. Thank you for the memories, your dedication and service my fellow Trooper and Brother.

Trp. BC Baxley
NCSHP B633

June 19, 2008

We have lost a member of our extended family. My heart is deeply grieving for the lost and I can not imagine the pain that is felt by Trooper Blanton's immediate family. God chose to take this youngman home and we may never know why. May God lift his family up during this trying time. Psalms 18:2

Sergeant Tony Gibson
North Carolina Highway Patrol

June 19, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Trooper Shawn Blantons family. Through these hard times just remeber your loved one was somebody's hero. GOD BLESS!

Kellie Epps
police officers wife

June 19, 2008

I heard the tragic news today as I was in training seminar. I came home to find more news about your death. Trooper Blanton you were a true hero for everyone including me. I didn't know you but I feel like I did. Everyday I pin my badge on my shirt I will think of you. Rest in peace my friend. You will never be forgotten...

Deputy Brandon Yates
Russell County Virginia Sheriff's Office

June 19, 2008

May your days live on through your child. God Bless your wife, family, friends and coworkers. Rest in peace.

Deputy Karaszewski
Onslow Co. Sheriff Dept.

June 19, 2008

You will be missed Trooper Blaton. Being a mom I would like your family, friends and law enforcement family that I greatly appreciate your dedication and service to keep our children and families safe in Western North Carolina and throughout the state. God needed you and asked you to come home but always know God and all of us will be there for your family and all the families of law enforcement. Please accept my families prayers and condolences through this very difficult time. Thank you for all you do in the line of duty.

Shirley Pennell

June 19, 2008

Soft and safe to thee my Brother, be thy earthly bed,
Bright and beautiful, be thy rising from it.
With fragrance eternal, may the sprig of acacia ever there flourish, may the earliest buds of spring spread their beauties over thy resting place, and there may the summer's last rose linger longest.
Though the cold blasts of winter may lay them in the dust and for a time destroy their loveliness, yet their fading is not final, for in the springtime they shall surly bloom again. So my Brother, in the bright morning of the world's ressurection, thy mortal frame now laid in the dust, shall come again in newness of life, and spread in immortal beauty, in realms beyond the skies, until then, my Brother, until then.....farewell.

Lieutenant Johnny Surles, Ret.
NCSHP

June 19, 2008

MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY AND ALL THE TROOPERS FOR THEIR LOSS.

DEPUTY ASHLEY BISHOP
ONSLOW COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

June 19, 2008

Dear Blanton Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with your family. My husband shares the same uniform as Trooper Blanton, although they serve miles apart on the road they are very close at heart. God took another angel home and we will forever be greatful for his dedicated service to the NCSHP.

Windy Gibson
NCSHP Wife

June 19, 2008