Roll of Honor
Glover Emerson "Skip" 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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- July 23, 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
Deputy Sheriff Glover Emerson "Skip" Bryant, III is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 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 0.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Glover Emerson "Skip" Bryant, III's cause is highlighted.
How Glover Emerson "Skip" Bryant, III Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Glover Emerson "Skip" Bryant, III is highlighted in Nov.