Ferd Bryan

Hall County Sheriff's Office — Gainesville, GA

Cardiac

End of Watch May 6, 1950

Age 49

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Sheriff Ferd Bryan suffered a fatal heart attack while struggling with a mentally ill subject in Flowering Branch, Georgia.

He was attempting to arrest the man when a struggle ensued. Sheriff Bryan passed away two days later.

Sheriff Bryan had been elected sheriff two years earlier and had served as a deputy sheriff for approximately eight prior years.

Survivors

He 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.
Sheriff Bryan gave the Hall County Sheriff's Office 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Gainesville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Bryan.

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

Agency

Department Hall County Sheriff's Office

Location Gainesville, GA

Platform Identity hcso.hall.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 6, 1950

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 49

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Weapon Person

Sheriff Ferd Bryan 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 GA, 23 of 903 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.5% of this state's fallen. That is 1.5 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.

At Hall County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Hall County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

16.7% Cardiac

GA — Statewide

of 903 officers

2.5% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac