Roll of Honor
Incident
Correctional Officer II Kimberly Barnes died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Hancock State Prison at 701 Prison Boulevard in Sparta.
Officer Barnes had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for ten years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer II Kimberly Montresa Barnes died on September 13, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 32.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 12 at Georgia Dept. of Corrections.
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
She is survived by her daughter, father, five siblings, and a godson.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer II Barnes gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer II Barnes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer II Kimberly Montresa Barnes 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 Georgia Dept. of Corrections, 12 of 38 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 31.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kimberly Montresa Barnes's cause is highlighted.
How Kimberly Montresa Barnes Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Kimberly Montresa Barnes is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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