Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Requiescat in Pacem

Sergeant Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

July 21, 2020

God bless you Deputy Sheriff Bill Garner! Thank you for your service with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Georgia, and for your service with the Oconee County Sheriff's Office and the Pendegrass Police Department. We are all thankful to you for your service, your devotion and your sacrifices, and to your family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your loved ones!! We are so saddened by this terrible news and you will never be forgotten! Our thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, and all of your sisters and brothers in Blue that protect us. God bless you all!! (Matthew5:9)

Kelly & Eddie King

July 21, 2020

Rest in peace, Deputy Garner. You deserve your divine reward.

May God comfort your family, friends, and fellow officers at this difficult time.

God bless and protect the Thin Blue Line that protects us all.

Private Citizen Kathryn Felts
Mother of & Family Member of Law Enforcement

July 21, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother.

Det. Andreoli
NYPD-Retired

July 21, 2020

Garner family and friends may God grant all of you with a speedy healing. Deputy Garner thank you for your service to your Community and Department. Most of all thank you for your Ultimate Sacrifice in the Line of Duty.

Res.Sgt Rudy Jones
Cuyahoga Falls, OH Police Department

July 21, 2020

Deepest Sympathy to the family of Deputy Sheriff Garner and to his Brothers and Sisters of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia. May God give comfort,wisdom and understanding to his family and associates. He lost his life in what he believed in, helping others.

Chaplain Terry L. Longacre (Ret.Manor Tw
Red Rose Lodge FOP# 16 Lancaster, County Pennsylvanianbiu hasMa

July 21, 2020

Session 18 of the Zone 5 Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy.
We thank you for your service. We offer our sincerest condolences to your family and friends.

Session 18, Zone 5 Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy

July 21, 2020

May God be with Deputy Garner, his family friends and co-workers at this time. He gave his life so that we may be safe.

Ret. Off. JR Neary
East LA, CA

July 21, 2020

God Bless You, Your Family, & Friends.
Thank you for your unselfish service.

James P Waggle, Jr.
Civilian

July 21, 2020

On behalf of POINT 27, we would like to offer condolences for Deputy Sheriff William Garner. Please know we are eternally grateful for William’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Deputy Sheriff Garner, POINT 27 sent 27 Thin Blue Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5:9, to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department in Georgia for William’s partner and fellow Deputies. POINT 27 sent Folded Flag Necklaces engraved with “Greater Love has no one than this; than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” John 15:13 for Deputy Garner’s wife, parents and brother.

POINT 27 is a Non-Profit organization with a mission to strengthen and encourage members of the Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families, by sharing scripture on Dog Tags and Jewelry called Shields of Strength.

We will never forget and we are forever grateful.

Respectfully,

Colonel David Dodd,
United States Army Retired
Executive Director-POINT 27

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes (Retired)
Dallas Police Department-Reserve Division
POINT 27 National Outreach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison
[email protected]
214-908-2617

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes (Retired)
Dallas Police Department Reserve Division
POINT 27- National Out Reach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison

July 20, 2020

Rest In Peace Deputy Garner. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Garner Family and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office New Jersey

July 20, 2020

We are diminished.

Patrol Sergeant Antonio Ridge
Cumberland, Maine Police Department

July 20, 2020

PRAYERS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND OUR FAMILY OF BLUE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND REST IN GODS ARMS

MOTHER OF A DALLAS POLICEWOMAN LINDA KEM
None

July 20, 2020

I am sad to learn of the passing of a brother and hero in Deputy Sheriff William Garner. I know our Heavenly Father has welcomed him home into his loving arms where he will now patrol the Golden Highways of Heaven. May the Lord deliver blessings, comfort and peace to his family, friends and all members of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Georgia.

Retired, T W Martinez
FOP member
State of New Mexico/JJS

July 20, 2020

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO!

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whose blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell

Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1993 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell (Retired)
Richland County Sheriff's Dept.
Columbia, SC

July 20, 2020

RIP

Former Deputy Sheriff Tracy MIZE
HCSO

July 20, 2020

Rest in Peace my Brother in Arms

Anrae G Godley-Cooper
U.S. Army Military Police

July 20, 2020

Requiescat in Pacem

Sergeant Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

July 20, 2020

Praying for peace and comfort today and in the difficult days ahead. With deepest sympathy,

Rita Rocker
Deputy Executive Director
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles

July 20, 2020

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Correctional Officer Paul Schanno
Hennepin County(Minneapolis)- Adult Corrections Facility

July 20, 2020

I am at a loss for words. I went through thick and thin with you. We trusted each other with our lives and took a stand for what was right. We've grieved together, laughed together and I promise that I will be there to the end to hold up my part of being one of your best friends and partners. We shouldn't be talking about you like this... not you... it makes no sense to me. I know that your newer family at FCSO had the chance to see what a genuinely good person you were and only hope they got to know you like I did in such a short time.... Gone but certainly never forgotten. Until the end of days, Brother. See you on the other side.

Petty Officer 1st Class, USN /Former LEO
Close Friend / Former Partner

July 20, 2020

Deputy Sherrif William Garner, rest in peace.

(Ret) Sgt Thomas McCarthy
NYPD

July 20, 2020

He’s Not Heavy, He’s My Brother

This is the man we lost last night. He was a true hero. He had a moral compass, a heart, a family and lived a life of service to his citizens. You would do well to take note of his life, for he lived as we all should. He contributed to our world and added to our value as a society.

He enjoyed a good cup of coffee, had an undying love for cars and was a great conversationalist. He kept the cleanest cruiser in the tri-county area. He and I spoke at length on many a long night about many an issue. He will be missed.

God bless his family and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and keep them during this time. Bill has laid his burdens down, and we will carry them on for our fallen brother.

Let us remember him well, let us speak his name with honor: William “Bill” Garner!!!

Rest easy 635, we have the watch. You, sir, are relieved.

Officer Rick Carter
Royston Police Department

July 20, 2020

Rest In Peace Deputy Garner

DOD Officer James Friedman (Retired)

July 20, 2020

Rest in peace Deputy Garner. May God comfort your immediate family and fellow Deputies. Thank you for your service and sacrifice Sir.

Former Reserve Deputy Sheriff , OCSO FL
Osceola County Sheriff Office

July 20, 2020