Frederick J. Gaston III
ESCATAWPA -- Sheriff Mike Byrd and the Jackson County Sheriff's Department will serve as host for a ceremony honoring police officers and sheriff's deputies who have died during the line of duty.
The ceremony is one of several held in South Mississippi this week and across the United States during National Police Week 2012, from May 13 to 19.
Gulfport police held the first ceremony this week to honor their eight officers who have died in the line of duty. The ceremony was conducted on the steps of the city's Public Safety Center, named in honor of patrol officer Robert J. Curry, who was killed while working a funeral procession in August 2008.
Jackson County's Deputy , a former Gulfport officer, was killed during an armed robbery just prior to Curry in early August 2008. Frederick Gaston III had served as interim police chief in Moss Point before joining the Jackson County Sheriff's Department in June 2008.
Gaston's brother, Fred "Ish" Gaston was an officer with the Moss Point Police Department when he died suddenly of a heart attack during 2011.
Byrd's son, Micheal, died in 2006 during an early morning accident when he tried to avoid a vehicle in traffic, lost control and fell off his police motorcycle and was run over by a dump truck.
Cerermonies for the Fallen Officer's Memorial will be conducted at 2 p.m. at Serene Gardens in Escatawpa.
Frederick Gaston III
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