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By News Director Jared Atha
After over a hundred years since his passing, a former Washita County Sheriff’s Deputy will have his name added to an Oklahoma memorial.
In fact, the names of 11 law enforcement officers and one canine partner who died in the line of duty in Oklahoma will be dedicated on the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial.
The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial is the oldest state memorial honoring fallen officers in the United States and was dedicated May 15, 1969.
Among the 11 will be Jesse Whitfield Morris, a former Washita County Deputy Sheriff.
Morris died on February 3, 1910 from complications from a gunshot wound to his lungs on December 8, 1900 while attempting to arrest three men who were causing a disturbance. In fact, the disturbance would take place in Mountain View – in neighboring Kiowa County.