Roll of Honor
Incident
Transfer Officer Terry Primus died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Baldwin State Prison at 140 Laying Farm Road in Hardwick.
Officer Primus had served with the Georgia Department Of Corrections for 22 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Transfer Officer Terry Lorenzo Primus, Sr. died on December 16, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 55.
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
He is survived by his ex-wife, four children, granddaughter, two sisters, and three brothers.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Transfer Officer Primus gave the Georgia Department of Corrections 22 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Georgia. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Transfer Officer Primus.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Transfer Officer Terry Lorenzo Primus, Sr. 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. Terry Lorenzo Primus, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Terry Lorenzo Primus, Sr. Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Terry Lorenzo Primus, Sr. is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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