Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Joe Crumption suffered a fatal heart attack after transporting felony inmates to the Spalding County Sheriff's Office.
The first transport from the Clayton County Sheriff's Office involved three inmates with a violent history of assault against law enforcement officers and escaping custody. Immediately afterward, Deputy Crumpton transported an inmate awaiting trial for drug charges and assaulting the elderly from Bartow County, which was a drive of over 2 1/2 hours each way.
While driving in a patrol vehicle on Hampton Road near SR-92 around 5:00 p.m., Deputy Crumption experienced a heart attack and crashed his vehicle. Witnesses at the scene provided immediate life-saving measures, but Deputy Crumption was unable to be resuscitated.
Deputy Crumpton was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Spalding County Sheriff's Office for over two years.
Survivors
Survivors include his wife, seven children, six grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Crumpton gave the Spalding County Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Griffin community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joe Crumpton served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Crumpton 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 Spalding 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joe Crumpton's cause is highlighted.
How Joe Crumpton Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Joe Crumpton is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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