Roll of Honor
Havonia Denise Holley
Incident
Location: Georgia Incident Date: Not available
Special Deputy Marshal Havonia Holley died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Richard B. Russell Federal Building and Courthouse on 75 Ted Turner Drive SW in Atlanta.
Special Deputy Marshal Holley had served with the United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service for 12 years and had previously served with the New York Police Department for 20 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Deputy Marshal Havonia Denise Holley died on January 5, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 62.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 8 at United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service.
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
She is survived by her daughter, five grandchildren, parents, and three siblings.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Deputy Marshal Holley gave the United States Department of Justice 30 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Deputy Marshal Holley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Deputy Marshal Havonia Denise Holley is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 9.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 14 of 313 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Havonia Denise Holley's cause is highlighted.
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When Illness Deaths Occur
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