Ceremony honors 26 Jasper County law enforcement officers who made ultimate sacrifice

(From the Jasper County Sheriff's Office)

At the Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, MO., Tuesday, law enforcement agencies within Jasper County gathered with family and friends to honor the twenty-six men who have served in Jasper County and made the ultimate sacrifice for those they served. 

Special thanks to the Director of the Department of Public Safety Sandy Karsten for speaking at the event and to the Carthage Nazarene Church for serving lunch afterwards.

 
May we never forget:

Sergeant Daniel Sheehan 

Patrolman Bert Brannon
Patrolman James Sweeney 

Marshal Leonard Rich
Patrolman John Ledbetter 

Patrolman Theodore Leslie
Patrolman Claude Brice 

Patrolman William Smith
Patrolman Louis Wells 

Detective William Woolsey
Detective Jessie Laster 

Detective Alex Brown
Jailer Eli Othel Bray 

Capt. Alexander Lachman
Detective Harry McGinnis 

Trooper Charles Corbin
Chief Kendrick Lloyd 

Patrolman Raymond Endicott
Patrolman Robert Clifton 

Marshal Melvin Stiles
Patrolman Wesley Harlan

 

Lt. Richard Gammill
Sergeant Scott Arner 

Patrolman Timothy Nielson
Corporal Benjamin Cooper 

Patrolman Jake Reed