Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jody Smith died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Deputy Smith served with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office for eight years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Deputy Sheriff Jody Jerome Smith died on September 3, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
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, daughter, son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Deputy Sheriff Smith gave the Carroll County Sheriff's Office 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Carrollton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Smith.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Jody Jerome Smith is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In GA, 63 of 905 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Carroll County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jody Jerome Smith's cause is highlighted.
How Jody Jerome Smith Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jody Jerome Smith is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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