HOWARD LEE HAGWOOD

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 9-W: 25
Department: Forrest County, Mississippi, S.O.
End of Watch: October 1, 1927
Cause: PHYS
Age: 43
Years of Service: 7
Description: Deputy Hagwood was on his way to assist other deputies in search of a gunman when his patrol car struck a train at the railroad crossing. Deputy Hagwood suffered seven broken ribs, a fractured jaw, bruised kidneys and several other injuries. Deputy Hagwood was transported to the hospital where he remained until his death two weeks later.
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