Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Deputy Wes Everman suffered a fatal heart attack after backing up emergency calls and responding to a burglary in progress call with lights and sirens.
Later that day, Deputy Everman was found unresponsive. He was transported to the hospital where he was unable to be resuscitated.
Chief Deputy Everman had served with the Bath County Sheriff's Office after retiring from the Owingsville Police Department.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, three daughters, and his mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
39 years. You could have gone home.
Chief Deputy Everman gave the Bath County Sheriff's Office 39 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Owingsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Deputy Everman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief Deputy Burl Wesley Everman is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In KY, 44 of 983 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.5% of this state's fallen. That is 0.5 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Burl Wesley Everman's cause is highlighted.
How Burl Wesley Everman Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Burl Wesley Everman is highlighted in Nov.