Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest easy sister. Thank you for your service.

PO Olasokan
NYS University Police

September 20, 2014

Our broken hearts go out to the family of Senior Deputy Hollis along with condolences to the Travis County Sheriff's Office.

Sgt. Gabriel Ting
Amherst Police Department, Massachusetts

September 20, 2014

Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.” – Unknown

Walter Powell Jr
Citizen

September 20, 2014

Police women are special not only to the people they help in the line of duty but also because they are mothers, wives, sisters and daughters. My prayers for the family.

Cst. Sherry Benson-Podolchuk (Rtd)
RCMP Canada

September 20, 2014

Our thoughts and prayers to the dear family and friends of Deputy Jessica Hollis. RIP sister, thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Sgt. Jim May (ret)
CMPD Charlotte, NC

September 20, 2014

Rip sister.

Chief Deputy Stacy Brown
Lewis County Sheriff's Office

September 20, 2014

R.I.P. Senior Deputy Hollis. You are back home now. May God Bless You and Keep you. My Prayers to your family. To her fellow officers, her other family, you brought her home, and that is all that can be asked of you. My heart aches for you all. God Bless. Keep you head up.

Ret. Cpl. EJ Joy#1924
Prince George's County Police, Maryland

September 20, 2014

Rest in Peace, sister, and thank you for your service.

To Deputy Hollis' brothers and sisters at the Travis County Sheriff's Office: Please find comfort in knowing that she will never be forgotten.

Sgt. Katie Gierach
Wauwatosa P.D., WI

September 20, 2014

IN MEMORY OF SENIOR DEPUTY SHERIFF JESSICA HOLLIS

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Senior Deputy Sheriff Jessica Hollis:

From the beginning of time after Cain killed his brother, Abel, there has been a need for law enforcement officers to protect the weak and to bring evildoers to justice. This work is necessary in a sinful world and is dangerous. In modern times, some seven deputy sheriffs have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of Travis County, Texas. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Senior Deputy Sheriff Jessica Hollis, of the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Texas; who drowned in the line-of-duty on Thursday, September 18, 2014, after her patrol car washed away as she checked roadways for high water during a period of heavy rain at about 0150 hours in Travis County, Texas. Her body was recovered from Lake Austin the following day.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Senior Deputy Sheriff Jessica Hollis. She died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Senior Deputy Sheriff Jessica Hollis and honor her sacrifice. Be with the family, friends, and colleagues of this fallen hero. Comfort them and give them your strength. Guide those who seek to take care of the family of this hero. May those empowered to do so, care for them with integrity. In commemorating the death of this hero, help those who mourn to remember that death is not the end. Death does not have the final say, but is simply the transition to the glorious life to come. They should look forward to that life to come with joy and thanksgiving.

As for the citizens of Travis County, Texas, help them to faithfully equip their law enforcement officers with the best tools to protect their county. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of Travis County, Texas, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Travis County, Texas, to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their county.

The time for mourning will soon pass. We have now remembered and celebrated the life lost in this great tragedy. As the family, friends, and colleagues of Senior Deputy Sheriff Jessica Hollis go forward, they must celebrate the good things in their lives; and to celebrate life itself!

Finally, Lord God, we pray for the families, friends, and colleagues of all the law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line-of-duty and we thank you for their sacrifices. Bless the lives of their families, friends, and colleagues so they might find healing. Help their law enforcement organizations support the families of these fallen heroes. Even though their deaths might have been senseless, make something good come out of these situations so that their law enforcement organizations and the communities in which they lived and served might be stronger because of their lives and their deaths. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Now, may the Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In His Service,

Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry

Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department

September 20, 2014

Dep Hollis, may you rest in peace. You will never be forgotten.

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester Police Dept

September 20, 2014

My sincerest sympathy to the famly and friends of Senior Deputy Jessica Hollis as well as to the Travis County Sheriff's Office. Rest in peace Deputy Hollis, you are gone but will not be forgotten...

Dispatcher Sue Rusch
Punta Gorda PD, Punta Gorda FL

September 20, 2014

RIP

Officer Jim Vazquez
Hcdoc

September 20, 2014

Jessica you are my friend and academy classmate. It was my honor to have learned this profession with you. Thank you for supporting me during my struggles in the academy. Thank you for being my friend. You are a role model for female officers. You will be sorely missed. I will never forget the person you are and I will do my very best to honor your memory. Rest in Peace.

Spo T. Castonguay #5618
Austin Police Department/ Academy Class #111

September 20, 2014

May God bring comfort and peace to your fellow officers, friends, and family.

Jan Taylor detective (ret)
DALLAS TX PD

September 20, 2014

Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Hollis Family and the Travis County Sheriff's Office.
R.I.P Senior Deputy Jessica Hollis

Wm Jean-Paul Rochat
Swiss Army, MP, Trafic Unit

September 20, 2014

May you rest in peace. God speed sister. She

Detective M. Aparicio
Austin Police Department

September 20, 2014

R.I.P. Senior Deputy Hollis. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. You will never be forgotten. Prayers to the family & department at this time of deep sorrow and loss.

Lisa
Family Member - New Jersey LEO's
Pompton Lakes, NJ

September 20, 2014

REST IN PEACE SENIOR DEPUTY JESSICA HOLLIS. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO.

Deputy J. Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office

September 20, 2014

We all miss you and love you. You are looking down on us from a better place. Rest in peace Jessica.

Senior Deputy Stephen Broderick
Travis County Sheriff's Office

September 20, 2014

My thoughts and prayers are with Senior Deputy Hollis' family and her Brothers and Sisters in Blue. Rest in peace.

Deputy Johanna Polo
Monroe County Sheriffs Dept Rochester NY

September 20, 2014

RIP and may GOD be with you.

Randy Ketchum

September 20, 2014

Thank you for your service. RIP

Lt. Wendell Bockman
Bonham,TX PD

September 20, 2014

RIP Deputy.

We are diminished.

Anonymous

September 20, 2014

May the Lord welcome you into his arms and watch over your family until you are reunited with them once again. Your bravery and dedication to the citizens of Travis County will never be forgotten. Prayers for your family in this time of need. God Bless!

Special Agent (Ret.), Greg Rosen
US Treasury Dept. (Austin, TX)

September 20, 2014

RIP Sister. May you be with GOD and may GOD be with your family.

Det. Russ Cain
Pittsburgh PD

September 20, 2014