RONALD LEWIS RAY

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 33-W: 29
Department: Shelby County, Tennessee, S.O.
End of Watch: December 17, 2013
Cause: PHYS
Age: 61
Years of Service: 37
Description: Deputy Sheriff Ray suffered a fatal heart attack while working at a DUI checkpoint. The officers working at the checkpoint issued 35 citations and arrested a suspect. While actively working the DUI checkpoint, Deputy Ray collapsed and struck his head on the curb. He was transported to a local hospital where he remained in a coma until his death three days later.
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