Incident
Sheriff Felix Graham succumbed to injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash on November 10th, 1955, while en route to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
He was scheduled to meet a sheriff's deputy from Rome in Chattanooga before traveling to Ohio to take custody of a man wanted for murder in Georgia. He was attempting to pass another vehicle on Route 11, approximately 2-1/2 miles north of Trenton when his car went out of control and struck a utility pole. He suffered severe head injuries and died as a result on November 21st, 1955.
Sheriff Graham was survived by his wife, three sons, and two daughters.
Survivors
Sheriff Graham was survived by his wife, three sons, and two daughters.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Graham served with the Dade County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Trenton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Graham.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Sheriff Felix Cullman Graham 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Felix Cullman Graham's cause is highlighted.
How Felix Cullman Graham Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Felix Cullman Graham is highlighted in Nov.