Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Barry Henderson died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 during a confirmed exposure while attending a training class at the Forsyth County Public Safety Complex.
Deputy Henderson had served with the Polk County Sheriff's Office for 23 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Barry Edwin Henderson died on March 9, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 50.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Henderson gave the Polk County Sheriff's Office 23 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cedartown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Henderson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Barry Edwin Henderson is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In GA, 63 of 903 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Polk County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Barry Edwin Henderson's cause is highlighted.
How Barry Edwin Henderson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Barry Edwin Henderson is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
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