Roll of Honor
Roy Thomas Overton, Jr.
Incident
Bailiff Roy Overton died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while assigned to the Guadalupe County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Court at 11144 FM725 in Sequin.
Bailiff Overton had served with the Guadalupe County Constable's Office - Precinct 4 for 15 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Bailiff Roy Thomas Overton, Jr. died on July 23, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 79.
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, three daughters, a sister, six grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Bailiff Overton gave the Guadalupe County Constable's Office 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Seguin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Bailiff Overton.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Bailiff Roy Thomas Overton, 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. Roy Thomas Overton, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Roy Thomas Overton, Jr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Roy Thomas Overton, Jr. is highlighted in Jul.