ALFORD A PEARSON
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 7-E: 3
Department: Garvin County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: February 12, 1947
Cause: SHOT
Age: 58
Years of Service: 6
Description: Deputy Sheriff Lon Pearson and his partner William Paul attempted to arrest a man wanted for forgery. The Deputies stopped the suspect who pretended to have engine trouble and asked them for a pair of pliers. The suspect, having distracted the officers, opened fire on them and escaped. Deputy Pearson died at the scene. Deputy Paul died three days later.
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