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Deputy Sheriff

Willie Amos Cammon

Heard County Sheriff's Office — Franklin, GA

Accident

End of Watch March 3, 2011

Age 59

Tour of Duty 35 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Willie Cammon was killed in an automobile accident when his patrol car was struck head-on by the driver of a vehicle that was illegally passing another car.

Deputy Cammon was traveling on Georgia Highway 100 near Yates Road when the collision occurred. The driver of the car that caused the crash was charged with following too closely, failure to maintain lane, and vehicular homicide. The driver was sentenced to three years probation.

Deputy Cammon had served with the agency for 35 years, and had previously served with the Georgia State Patrol.

Survivors

He is survived by his son and two grandchildren.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

35 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Cammon gave the Heard County Sheriff's Office 35 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Franklin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Cammon.

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

Agency

Department Heard County Sheriff's Office

Location Franklin, GA

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

Service Record

End of Watch March 3, 2011

Tour of Duty 35 yrs

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Deputy Sheriff Willie Amos Cammon 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 GA, 263 of 903 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.9 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Heard County Sheriff's Office

of 1 officers

100% Accident

GA — Statewide

263

of 903 officers

29.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Willie Amos Cammon's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Willie Amos Cammon Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service