Isaac Williams, Jr.
Incident
Sergeant Isaac Williams died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while in the line of duty.
Sergeant Williams was a United States Army veteran who had served with the Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District Police Department for 19 years and previously served with the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Isaac Williams, Jr. died on August 24, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 59.
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.
Sergeant Williams gave the Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Coldspring community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Williams.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Isaac Williams, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Sergeant Isaac Williams, Jr. 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. Isaac Williams, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Isaac Williams, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Isaac Williams, Jr. is highlighted in Aug.