Oscar L. Honea

Faulkner County Sheriff's Office — Conway, AR

Felonious

End of Watch October 22, 1914

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Oscar Honea was shot and killed as he, the sheriff, and a constable attempted to arrest a Faulkner County jail escapee.

They had gone to the man's home near Mayflower and learned that the subject was nearby. As they searched for him the man set up an ambush in a thicket approximately three miles west of Mayflower. As Deputy Honea entered the thicket the man opened fire with a shotgun, killing him.

The man was eventually arrested, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to 20 years at the state prison farm. In January 1917 the man escaped from the farm three times over the course of the month. In March 1917 he and an accomplice robbed a bank in Collinston, Louisiana, in which he shot and killed the town mayor. He was shot five times by a pursuing posse and subsequently died of his wounds.

On this the 111th anniversary of your death, your memory and your sacrifice is remembered and honored. Your legacy of service continues to inspire.

My cherished son Pittsburg Officer Larry Lasater was killed in the line of duty on April 24, 2005.

Time never diminishes respect Rest in Peace

Phyllis Loya Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05 October 22nd, 2025

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Honea served with the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Conway community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Honea.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Faulkner County Sheriff's Office

Location Conway, AR

Platform Identity fcso.faulkner.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 22, 1914

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Shot and killed in 1917

Deputy Sheriff Oscar L. Honea is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 12.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Faulkner County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Faulkner County Sheriff's Office

of 4 officers

50% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious