5 Years of Memories for Patrolman Byrd

HURLEY -- This Sunday, March 27, will mark five years of memories of the too-short but full life of Patrolman Terry Micheal Byrd.

The Pascagoula motorcycle officer was killed in 2006 when he tried to avoid a vehicle waiting to turn in traffic and instead was thrown into the path of an oncoming dump truck. The truck subsequently ran over Byrd during the traffic accident on Chicot Road.

April 11 will mark the birthday of the young officer, who was 27 years old when he died while on his way to visit a sister and her newborn son. He was born in 1979.

Tributes during the Year

Before the year ends we want to catch up with some tributes, memorials and dedications that may have been missed during 2008.

One of those tributes includes a candlelight vigil for Lt. Robert Curry with the Gulfport Police Department. He died Aug. 14 following a traffic accident on U.S. 49 while helping escort a funeral procession.

The vigil, which included a poker run, was held at Nate's, 11444 U.S. 49