Roll of Honor
Incident
On Thursday, May 5, 1927, Shelby County Deputy Sheriff Walter Jackson, 38, was getting out of his car in front of his father’s store in Center, Texas, when his pistol fell to the running board, accidentally discharging and a bullet pierced his stomach. He died on Monday morning, Monday, May 9, 1927, in a Center sanitarium.
James Walter Jackson was buried in the Jackson Cemetery in Shelby County. He was survived by his wife, Ollie B. Jackson, and four children, James, Julius, Annie Bell and Ruby M. He was also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Jackson, and two brothers, T. L. and C. C. Jackson, and one sister, Mrs. J. D. English, all of the Jackson community.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, Ollie B.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Jackson served with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Center community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Jackson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff James Walter Jackson 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 TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Shelby County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Walter Jackson's cause is highlighted.
How James Walter Jackson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Walter Jackson is highlighted in May.
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