Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Larry Thomas succumbed to injuries sustained on November 10th, 1991, when he was involved in a vehicle crash while on duty. He was responding to a call when his patrol car left the roadway and went down an embankment. Emergency crews extricated him from the vehicle and he was transported to a local hospital. He remained in a semi-comatose state for 13 months until passing away on December 13th, 1992. Deputy Thomas had served with the Cocke County Sheriff's Department for four years.
Survivors
He is survived by his daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas gave the Cocke County Sheriff's Office 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Newport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Thomas.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Larry Junior Thomas 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 TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Cocke County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Larry Junior Thomas's cause is highlighted.
How Larry Junior Thomas Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Larry Junior Thomas is highlighted in Dec.
Others Who Wore This Badge
8 officers from Cocke County Sheriff's Dept. are honored on badge.nw.
