Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Bill Gay died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Sergeant Gay had served with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office for seven years and had previously served with the Macon Police Department for seven years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant William Warren Gay died on October 14, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 46.
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
He is survived by his wife, three children, and one stepchild.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Gay gave the Bibb County Sheriff's Office 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Macon community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Gay.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant William Warren Gay 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 Bibb County Sheriff's Office, 1 of 12 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Warren Gay's cause is highlighted.
How William Warren Gay Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. William Warren Gay is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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