Roll of Honor
Incident
Detention Officer Gary Bean died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Conway County Detention Facility at 30 Southern Valley Drive in Morrilton.
Officer Bean had served with the Conway County Sheriff's Office for five years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Detention Officer Gary Lynn Bean died on December 30, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 67.
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 daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Detention Officer Bean gave the Conway County Sheriff's Office 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Morrilton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detention Officer Bean.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detention Officer Gary Lynn Bean 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 AR, 17 of 372 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Conway County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gary Lynn Bean's cause is highlighted.
How Gary Lynn Bean Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gary Lynn Bean is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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