BILLY JOE THROWER

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 9-W: 20
Department: Madison County, Alabama, S.D.
End of Watch: September 17, 1995
Cause: SHOT
Age: 41
Years of Service: 17
Description: Deputy Thrower was shot while serving commitment papers for a mentally deranged individual. After being shot, his kidney failed. He subsequently underwent a kidney transplant and developed pneumonia. Following the operation he died of a blood clot that traveled to his lungs. Deputy Thomas R. Lewis was shot and died at the scene of the original incident.
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