Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Ferman Raines was killed in an automobile crash while on duty on Historic Route 66 near Broadway Street. He was responding to an alarm at Houston Brothers Service Repair Center in Buckhorn. At about 10:32 p.m. his patrol car veered off of Historic Route 66 in Waynesville. His vehicle went airborne, struck a utility pole, overturned, and landed just outside of the Waynesville Bus Station. Deputy Raines was thrown from the vehicle and died from his injuries. Deputy Raines was a U.S. Army veteran and had served in law enforcement for 19 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his son.
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Raines gave the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Waynesville community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Ferman Raines served in the U.S. Army (1939â1945) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Ferman Raines 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ferman Raines's cause is highlighted.
How Ferman Raines Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ferman Raines is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
Military Service
Ferman Raines served in the U.S. Army (1939–1945) before joining law enforcement.
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