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Color guard member Brad Brown, an officer with North Mississippi Medical Center, walks the American Flag down the aisle as he presents the colors for those in attendance for the Northeast Mississippi Law Enforcement Memorial Service Monday night at the Elvis Presley Birthplace in Tupelo.
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Jamie Johnson, with Wives of Warriors, lights a candle for Michael Fowler on Monday night during the Northeast Mississippi Law Enforcement Memorial Service. Fowler was in attendance to honor his fallen partner, Chickasaw County Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Voyles, whose end of watch was Aug. 28, 2019.
âI never got to know him:â Earl Phillips remembered at Fallen Officer Ceremony
Fallen officers remembered by fellow officers and loved ones By Bill Snyder | May 11, 2021 at 1:50 PM CDT - Updated May 11 at 7:12 PM
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Wesley Phillips never got to know his grandfather Earl Phillips. Thatâs because, during a traffic stop in 1972, the Harrison County sheriffâs deputy was killed in the line of duty.
âI didnât get a chance to know him because I was only a year old,â Phillips said. âHe went up to the car and the guy had a shotgun and shot him in the abdomen and left him there, in the road. Yeah, itâs been hard.â