Deputy Lawrence E. Reidheimer (1919)

Deputy Will W. George (1945)

Deputy Frank M. Normand (1968)

Deputy Glenda Joyce Carmack (1999) (Photograph)

Deputy Lawrence E. Reidheimer, 36, of Shreveport, was killed on May 6, 1919, in Oil City by a man identified only as "Armstrong," whom Reidheimer had attempted to arrest. Armstrong was killed a few minutes later by another Sheriff's Deputy.

Deputy Will W. George, 57, of Oil City, died May 24, 1945, three days after being shot in the stomach by 65-year-old Edward T. Krow, a night watchman employed by several merchants in Belcher. According to Caddo Parish Sheriff J. Howell Flournoy, Krow resented the presence of George and Deputies W. H. Anderson and Cal Baines in Belcher in connection with the investigation of a suspect arrested for the sale of a "hot automobile tire."

Sheriff Flournoy said Krow was intoxicated when he shot George with a pistol.

The three deputies had arrested the suspect, Jack Davis, in Vivian and learned that the automobile he had been driving was parked at a garage in Belcher. Davis had been posing as a brother of Louisiana Gov. Jimmy Davis. The deputies' suspicion was aroused because they knew the governor had no brothers.

Arriving in Belcher shortly before 10 p.m. (on Monday, May 21), the four men were approached by Krow, who began cursing and verbally abusing Davis, stating that he was "not only a car thief, but a hot check artist" as well. George told Krow that Davis was his prisoner and to let him alone.

Krow, all this time, was holding his pistol in his hand. George told Krow to put the pistol back in his pocket. Instead, Krow cursed and told them to "get the hell out of Belcher or he would kill them all."

Without warning, Krow half raised his pistol and fired at close range, felling George with a bullet in the stomach. George, unable to draw his own gun, called to Anderson to "get him."

Anderson had left his gun on the front seat of the car and, as he ducked to get it, Krow ran around to the other side of the car and started firing through the car door at Anderson. Anderson fired four shots, the first striking Krow in the neck and two others hitting him in the shoulder and a fourth high up in the left side.

Prior to being appointed a Deputy Sheriff in 1926, George was elected Constable of Oil City and was also City Marshal at Vivian. Sheriff Flournoy said George was one of the most efficient and capable deputies on his staff.

Well-known throughout Louisiana as a peace officer, George's last important case was the arrest of Joseph Vernon Arenson in Oil City several months before he was murdered. Arenson was a confessed mutilation murderer from Los Angeles.

Deputy Frank M. Normand, 36, was killed at about 11:10 p.m. on Sunday, May 26, 1968, when the patrol car he was driving collided with a Texas and Pacific freight train at a crossing near the intersection of Flournoy-Lucas Road and Woolworth Road.

Deputy Normand had gone on duty about 20 minutes before the accident occurred. The Caddo Parish Coroner pronounced Deputy Normand dead at the scene and said he died instantly on impact. According to a Louisiana State Police trooper from Troop G investigating the accident, the freight train's engineer said Deputy Normand's patrol car hit the train. The trooper said the crossing was unmarked.

Deputy Normand began his career with the Sheriff's office on October 1, 1961, and served in the Patrol Division.

Deputy Normand was survived by his widow, Betty, and one son, eight-week-old Frank, Jr.

Deputy Glenda Joyce Carmack (Photograph), 42, who was the coordinator at the Sheriff's Office Substation in Keithville, died at LSU Medical Center at 9:45 p.m. Monday, April 12, 1999, from injuries she received in a car-truck accident on Williamson Way at about 1:15 p.m. the same day.

Deputy Carmack was eastbound on Williamson Way when her 1998 Pontiac Grand Am collided with a 1978 Ford flatbed truck. Peter V. Woodbury, 48, of Vivian, apparently lost control of the truck as it crossed the railroad tracks just east of Interport Drive. The truck and car went into the ditches on opposite sides of the road.

Deputy Carmack was a 12-year Sheriff’s Office veteran. She began her career as a mail clerk at the Caddo Detention Center in Springridge in February 1987. In January 1988, she moved to Inmate Records at the detention center.

In November 1990, Deputy Carmack transferred to the Sheriff’s Tax Department as an administrative clerk, and transferred to the Professional Development Department as an administrative clerk in April 1992.

She worked for four months as an administrative clerk in the Special Services Department before becoming the coordinator at the Patrol Division’s South Sector Substation in Keithville in January 1996.

"She was an excellent worker," Sheriff Don Hathaway said, "and volunteered frequently to work with the youth of our parish. She received several commendations for her consistent dedication to serving the citizens of Caddo Parish. Those commendations came both from within the Sheriff’s Office and from citizens."

A single parent, Deputy Carmack leaves a nine-year-old son, Cameron.