E. Clark Gasque

Marion County Sheriff's Department — Mullins, SC

Accident

End of Watch August 9, 1935

Age 43

Tour of Duty 7 mo

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Gender Male

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Incident

Sheriff Clark Gasque was killed in an automobile crash on the Mullins Highway one mile outside of Marion.

Sheriff Gasque was struck by the driver of a truck who suddenly made a left turn as the sheriff attempted to pass him, causing his car to overturn several times. Sheriff Gasque was ejected from the vehicle and killed instantly. He was responding to a deputies' call for assistance in Mullins when the accident occurred.

Sheriff Gasque was survived by his wife and five children. His wife was appointed to succeed him as sheriff. She became the first woman to hold the office of sheriff in South Carolina.

Survivors

Sheriff Gasque was survived by his wife and five children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Gasque served with the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Mullins community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Gasque.

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

Agency

Department Marion County Sheriff's Department

Type Other

Location Mullins, Marion County, SC

Platform Identity mcso.marion.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 9, 1935

Tour of Duty 7 mo

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sheriff E. Clark Gasque is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In SC, 138 of 441 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 31.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Marion County Sheriff's Department, 3 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Marion County Sheriff's Department

of 5 officers

60% Accident

SC — Statewide

138

of 441 officers

31.3% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident