John Castleman "Cassie" Owings

Childersburg Police Department — Childersburg, AL

Accident

End of Watch June 3, 1970

Age 59

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Officer Cassie Owings was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic at the scene of a fatal car crash in Talladega County. Officers were investigating the crash in which two people were killed. A vehicle struck Officer Owings as he attempted to direct traffic around the original crash.

Survivors

Officer Owings was survived by his wife.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Owings served with the Childersburg Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Childersburg community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Owings.

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

Agency

Department Childersburg Police Department

Location Childersburg, AL

Platform Identity cpd.talladega.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 3, 1970

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer John Castleman "Cassie" Owings 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 AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Childersburg Police Department, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Childersburg Police Department

of 5 officers

40% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident