Felix Cullman Graham
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Sheriff

Felix Cullman Graham

Accident
End of Watch November 21, 1955
Age 59
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Gender Male

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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Tributes

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

Agency

Location Trenton, GA
Platform Identity dcso.dade.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 21, 1955
Age 59
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Automobile crash

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%.

Dade County Sheriff's Office
1
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. Felix Cullman Graham'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 Felix Cullman Graham Compares

Age at End of Watch
59
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Felix Cullman Graham is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location