Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP Brother

Police Officer Steven Austin
Trenton Police Department

March 14, 2015

May the good lord welcome you with open arms, for you have done your job well.

Chaplain Douglas J. Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #187 Mt. Clemens Michigan.

March 13, 2015

REST IN PEACE BROTHER. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO.

Deputy J. Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office

March 13, 2015

RIP Brother. Thank you & may God Bless.

Lt.Robert M.Petty (retired)
No.Bergen, N.J.P.D.

March 13, 2015

RIP Brother

Deputy Anita Price
Bexar County Sheriff's Office, San Antonio, Texas

March 13, 2015

RIP

PPO II Stephen Bruet
NC Department of Public Safety

March 13, 2015

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. My condolences to your family, friends and coworkers of the Warren County Sheriff's Office. May you rest in peace.

Ptlm. William F. Shields
Federal Reserve Police/Philadelphia - Retired/Haverford Police

March 13, 2015

We are praying for his wife and friends at his loss. May GOD be with them through this trying time.

Retired Sergeant Charles Carty
Benton, AR Police Dept.

March 13, 2015

Dear Brother, where have you gone? We grieve with the loved one left behind; Rest well, O Brother, as you patrol the heavens . . .

SSgt. Joe Brown
MS ANG Security Forces, Gulfport, MS

March 13, 2015

IN MEMORY OF DEPUTY SHERIFF JOHNNY GATSON

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Deputy Sheriff Johnny Gatson:

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, six deputy sheriffs have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of Warren County, Mississippi. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Deputy Sheriff Johnny Gatson, of the Warren County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Office; who was critically injured in the line-of-duty on Monday, February 23, 2015, in a single vehicle cruiser accident on Oak Ridge Road in Warren County, Mississippi. He succumbed to the injuries he sustained in this traffic collision on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Deputy Sheriff Johnny Gatson. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Deputy Sheriff Johnny Gatson 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 Warren County, Mississippi, help them to faithfully equip their deputy sheriffs with the best tools to protect their county. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of the Warren County, Mississippi, to remember to pay their deputy sheriffs fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Warren County, Mississippi, 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 Johnny Gatson 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.

Now, Deputy Sheriff Johnny Gatson, 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. Amen.

In His Service,

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police of the Nashua NH (USA) Police Department
Police Chaplain of the Merrimack NH (USA) Police Department
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Merrimack NH Police Department

March 13, 2015

Rest In Peace Brother

Steve Yancey
Forest Hill Police Department, TX

March 13, 2015

Semper Fi

K-9 Trooper D Osborne
Tennessee Highway Patrol

March 13, 2015

Our thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends of this fallen Officer. We thank you for your service. May God rest your soul. We will never forget.

Officer Edwin Lara / Division 9
Cook County Sheriffs Office, IL- Honor Guard

March 13, 2015

Semper Fi, Marine. Now we've got the watch

SgtMaj Don de Hagara
USMC (ret)

March 13, 2015

1ST PSALM
Semper Fi !!!

Earnest Hawkins Jr.
Prince Georges County Police MD (RET)

March 13, 2015

Rest in peace Deputy Gatson. I ask our Heavenly Father to watch over and comfort your family, friends and the Warren County Sheriff's Office during this difficult time. Thank you for your dedicated service to our country and the community.

Chief Jack Cavanaugh
Lee County Port Authority Police Department

March 13, 2015

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

March 13, 2015

The National Police Wives Association would like to extend their heartfelt prayers to the family of Deputy Gatson and the Warren County Sheriff's Office during this time. Thank you, Deputy Gatson, for your service.

Administration
National Police Wives Association

March 13, 2015

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. REST IN PEACE.

POLICE OFFICER
NAPERVILLE IL POLICE DEPT

March 13, 2015

ANOTHER BROTHER GONE. I FEEL THE PAIN. GOD BLESS TO THE FAMILY.

OFFICER ANTHONY HERRERA
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL MOTORCYCLE OFFICER

March 13, 2015

Eternal Rest

S. I. Drake, Lt/IPD (Ret)
Indianapolis Police

March 13, 2015

Your life of dedicated service to your country shall not be forgotten. Rest in Peace my friend.

Officer Bob Kays
California Highway Patrol

March 13, 2015

Rest easy brother, you have stood your watch with pride and professionalism. Go to the promised place where you can look down to see your brothers continue what you have started. Thank you for your service. May the light of Christ ease the pain on the ones you have loved, and those who have loved you in return.

S/f
Brother

Sean D. Creamer; Chief
TPSU; New Bern NC

March 13, 2015

RIP, brother. Thank you for your selfless service. May God bless and comfort the families, both immediate and blue.

Chaplain Paul Worley
San Antonio, Texas Police Department

March 13, 2015

Dep Gatson, may you rest in peace our brother. You will never be forgotten.

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester PD

March 13, 2015