JOHN FRANKLIN PHILLIPS

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 58-W: 23
Department: Rapides Parish, Louisiana, S.O.
End of Watch: May 13, 1928
Cause: SHOT
Age: 38
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Phillips, along with several other lawmen, went to serve a warrant for bootlegging. As they surrounded the residence, a shot was fired from the inside of the house, fatally wounding Deputy Phillips. Deputy Phillips returned fire, killing his assailant.
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