Lendon "Junior" Higgins, Jr.

Marshall County Sheriff's Dept. — Guntersville, AL

Cardiac

End of Watch January 7, 1973

Age 43

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Deputy Junior Higgins suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to arrest an intoxicated suspect.

Survivors

Deputy Higgins was survived by his wife and two sons.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Marshall County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Guntersville, AL

Platform Identity mcso.marshall.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 7, 1973

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Deputy Sheriff Lendon "Junior" Higgins, Jr. is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AL, 30 of 643 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Marshall County Sheriff's Dept., 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.

Marshall County Sheriff's Dept.

of 7 officers

14.3% Cardiac

AL — Statewide

of 643 officers

4.7% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac