Steward

Guy Holman Sr.

Felonious
End of Watch June 29, 1947
Age 55
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Steward Guy Holman was stabbed to death by an inmate at the Wynn Prison Farm. The inmate obtained a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Steward Holman without provocation. The inmate, 32, was shot and critically wounded. He died two weeks later.

Steward Holman had served at the Wynn Prison Farm for 16 years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Steward Holman gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Steward Holman.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Corrections
Location Huntsville, Walker County, TX
Platform Identity tdcjcidcorr.walker.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 29, 1947
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Age 55
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Guy is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1947, 86 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 74th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Guy was 55. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Guy had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was edged weapon; knife, in 0.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division has at least 120 officers remembered here, Guy among them.

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Where

Steward Guy Holman Sr.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division · End of Watch June 29, 1947

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