Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Moon you are and never will be forgotten... HEROES live forever. Your family is in my prayers today on your EOW, the pain in their hearts is a great today as it was in 1971, may God be with them today and always.

Deb Azure
Mother of Deputy Renee Danell Azure
EOW 08/06/02
Union County SO, Lake Butler, FL

Anonymous

September 27, 2010

Thank you for your service Officer Moon.

I was sending out a Christmas package to your sister Linda and wanted to stop here and read your story. Her love for you is evident, and her gratitude for having you as a brother is displayed in the way she helps others. You are honored.

May the peace of the promise fulfilled in Bethlehem fill the hearts of your family this Christmas and always, and may we see you again in perfect peace.

L G
A Friend Through C.O.P.S.

December 17, 2009

Your memory is honored and revered today. I am so sorry you were robbed of your life at such a young age. You are still loved and missed by so many. The hurt of losing our beloved officer never goes away, but both the pain and pride are forever.

I met your sister Linda who is very active in COPS and contributes so much to fallen officers. I am sure you are proud that your family is continuing your legacy of protecting and serving.

Rest in Peace

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

November 20, 2009

I want to commend and appreciate you today Officer Moon. You started in law enforcement a few years after I did, and in an instant, everything changed. You were very brave to work in such a rough area where the very citizens you were protecting stole your badge from your body. How appalling. May you rest in peace knowing you made the world a better place while you were here. God bless.

Reserve Officer (Ret)
WA State

June 8, 2009

I only met him once, when I was 13 or 14 years old. He was married to my cousin Julie. He made a lasting impression on me as a "good guy" and I have thought about him often, but was looking up info on "Jim" Moon, instead of James. Anways, may you rest in peace, and though you're gone, you'll never be forgotten.

Anonymous

September 24, 2008

2/2/2008

I recently spent time with your sister, Linda, training in Washington D.C. to help other survivors. Reading your memorial on this web page, I could not stop the tears. They are for you, your life taken before it had barely begun, and for your loved ones, who have endured the pain of your absence all these years.

Norie Haas

February 2, 2008

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 whos 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
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
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and may not be duplicated without permission

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

October 3, 2007

Officer Moon, just the other day I was talking to my uncle retired LT.Tom Johnson, who worked for the JSO from 1955-1990. During that conversation, he told me he worked with you and he was their that night at Edison and Woodlawn, when you lost you life protecting the city of Jacksonville. I appriecate your dedication and sacrifice.

Officer D.L. DAVIS #6049
Jacksonville Sheriff Office

September 22, 2007

I did not know Ofc Moon, but I know his family is doing wonderful things, working in the group Concerns of Police Survivors; he would be proud of them. Ofc Moon died doing his job, carrying on a great tradition of American law enforcement. Rest in Peace, Ofc Moon.

Officer Ken Haney
Jackson Police Dept

October 25, 2005

Officer Moon, this many years later and you are still not forgotten. What kind of evil people we have in our society, that would steal your hat and badge as you lay dying on the streets of Jacksonville.
I honor your memory this day, thank you for your service.

Special Agent S. Cochran
CSX Railroad Police Jax,Fl

May 22, 2005

THE WICKED FLEE WHEN NO MAN PURSUETH, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS ARE BOLD AS A LION. PROVERBS 28:1 my uncle, i will walk with you beside jesus.

ptlmn. j. mccall
SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Jim, You have been gone 31 years but you have not been forgotten. Your family still misses you and at this time of year, it is particularly difficult. You never got to see your nephews. We had just driven all night to Jacksonville so you could meet them but your life was taken from you before you could get off duty that day. They are both grown men now and they both are in law enforcement. You would be proud.

Linda Gregory
Sister

Linda Gregory