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Officer

Bryan Holley

Hudson Independent School District Police Department — Lufkin, TX

Illness

End of Watch August 18, 2023

Age 57

Tour of Duty 31 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Officer Bryan Holley suffered a fatal medical emergency shortly after performing afternoon traffic control at Bonner Elementary School in Lufkin, Texas.

He collapsed at about 4:10 pm after completing the traffic control assignment.

Officer Holley had served with the Hudson Independent School District Police Department for 10 years and had served in law enforcement for 31 years. He had previously served with the Angelina County Sheriff's Office for 17 years and the Angelina County Constable's Office - Precinct 1 for four years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, four children, and three grandchildren.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

31 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Holley gave the Hudson Independent School District Police Department 31 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Lufkin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Holley.

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

Agency

Department Hudson Independent School District Police Department

Location Lufkin, TX

Platform Identity hisdpd.angelina.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 18, 2023

Tour of Duty 31 yrs

Age 57

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Officer Bryan Holley is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 204 of 2,421 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

Hudson Independent School District Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Illness

TX — Statewide

204

of 2,421 officers

8.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bryan Holley's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Bryan Holley Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

Years of Service