Roll of Honor
Glover Emerson Bryant III
Incident
Deputy Skip Bryant was killed when the airplane in which he was the passenger plunged into Lake Okeechobee after midnight. The pilot and Deputy Bryant were searching for two fishermen who had been reported missing. The fishermen were rescued later that day, 15 miles from where they went fishing. The pilot was seriously injured in the crash. Deputy Bryant had served with the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Department for four years and had been an auxiliary deputy for five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, three daughters, mother, sister, and grandmother.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Bryant gave the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Okeechobee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Bryant.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Glover Emerson Bryant III served in the U.S. Navy (1965â1969) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Glover Emerson Bryant III 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 FL, 313 of 1,008 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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Military Service
Glover Emerson Bryant III served in the U.S. Navy (1965–1969) before joining law enforcement.
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