HAROLD RAY PRESLEY

Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 19-E: 22
Department: Lee County, Mississippi, S.D.
End of Watch: July 6, 2001
Cause: SHOT
Age: 52
Years of Service: 14
Description: Sheriff Presley responded to a disturbance call at a residence. When he arrived, he was informed that a possible intruder was hiding on the property. While searching a shed in the back yard, Sheriff Presley was shot several times by a suspect who was wanted by local police for kidnapping a woman and eluding a police roadblock earlier that evening. Sheriff Presley although fatally wounded, returned fire and killed the suspect. Sheriff Presley was the second cousin of the late Elvis Presley.
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