PIERCE W FARR

Officer Rank: Captain
Memorial Panel: 46-E: 6
Department: Waycross, Georgia, P.D.
End of Watch: April 9, 1944
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: 16
Description: Captain Farr was shot and killed and Patrolman Billy Coggins wounded when they attempted to arrest a suspect wanted for murder. The suspect was shot and killed by law enforcement officers as they attempted to transfer him to the county jail. The suspect removed a concealed icepick and attacked the officers who in turn shot the suspect three times.
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