Roll of Honor
Franklin Joe
Incident
Police Officer Franklin Joe died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at Lone Star College - North Harris at 2700 WW Thorne Boulevard in Houston.
Officer Joe was a United States Army veteran who had served with the Lone Star College System Police Department and served in law enforcement for 42 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Franklin Joe died on January 4, 2022 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 65.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Joe gave the Lone Star College System Police Department 42 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Joe.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Franklin Joe served in the Army (1976â1979) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Franklin Joe 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Franklin Joe's cause is highlighted.
How Franklin Joe Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Franklin Joe is highlighted in Jan.