Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Go in peace my brother. Your service was appreciated and you won't be forgotten.

Park Ranger Zach Bernard
Kirkwood Park Rangers

October 29, 2014

Thank you for your service.

Tim Liddell
CA Hwy Patrol (retired)

October 29, 2014

God bless Deputy Williamson's family, friends and coworkers and give them strength and peace to get through their grief and pain. Thank you for your service brother.

Sergeant Clark O. Parry
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office, New York

October 29, 2014

Rest in Peace Deputy Williamson. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, co-workers, and friends.

Lieutenant Robert T. Mote (ret)
Buena Park, CA Police Department

October 29, 2014

Another brother gone. We cry, we pray, we go on because that is what he would want us to do. My thoughts and prayers to his family.

Major Joe Whala
Idabel Police Department

October 29, 2014

R.I.P. Deputy Williamson. Thank you for your service

Sgt T. VanderLoop
Allied Barton Security Service

October 29, 2014

IN MEMORY OF DEPUTY SHERIFF JOHN TIMOTHY WILLIAMSON

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Deputy Sheriff John Timothy Williamson:

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 five hundred and twenty-two law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of Alabama. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Deputy Sheriff John Timothy Williamson, of the Butler County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Office; who suffered a heart attack on Monday, October 20, 2014, following a struggle with a subject he was attempting to arrest in Butler County, Alabama. As a direct result of this incident, Deputy Sheriff John Timothy Williamson died on Saturday, October 25, 2014.

“Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Deputy Sheriff John Timothy Williamson. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Deputy Sheriff John Timothy Williamson and honor his 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 Butler County, Alabama, 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 Butler County, Alabama, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Butler County, Alabama, 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 Deputy Sheriff John Timothy Williamson 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, Deputy Sheriff John Timothy “Tim” Williamson, 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

October 29, 2014

"Blessed Are THe Peacemakers".

Rest in peace Deputy John Williamson.

Sincere Cindolences

Sgt. Randy Keenan / Ret.
City of Alameda, CA Police Dept.

October 29, 2014

How very sad. SO sorry for your loss.

Debbie Peek
Citizen

October 29, 2014