Police Memorial Week ceremony set for Thursday in Ocean Springs
Updated May 11, 2021;
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. The annual tribute to fallen Jackson County law enforcement officers, in conjunction with National Police Memorial Week, will be held Thursday in Ocean Springs.
Each year, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Honor Guard performs a ceremony at one of seven graves across the county, each one a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.
This year, the ceremony is being held at the gravesite of National Park Service Ranger Robert McGhee, who was killed by an escaped convict on May 26, 1990, at the age of 50. He is interred at Crestlawn Memorial Park on U.S. 90 west in eastern Ocean Springs.