Roll of Honor
Charles Ashley Smith
Incident
Police Officer Chuck Smith died from complications as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at R.L. Osborne High School at 2451 Favor Road SW in Marrietta.
Officer Smith was a United States Army veteran who served with the Cobb County School District Police Department for over two years. He had previously served with the Cobb County Police Department for 25 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Police Officer Charles Ashley Smith died on September 27, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 54.
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
Officer Smith is survived by his wife, daughter, son, mother, step-father, and sister.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Police Officer Smith gave the Cobb County School District Police Department 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Marietta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Smith.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Charles Ashley Smith served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Charles Ashley Smith 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Ashley Smith's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Ashley Smith Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Ashley Smith is highlighted in Sep.