Marylin Anjanette Mayo

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office — Covington, LA

Accident

End of Watch September 21, 2023

Age 42

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Mary Mayo succumbed to injuries sustained on June 13th, 2007, when a large tree fell on the patrol car she was riding in. The incident occurred as she and her fiance, Sergeant Beau Raimer, were participating in a funeral procession for Deputy Hilery Mayo (no relation), who was killed in the line of duty four days earlier.

The procession was traveling along West 21st Avenue through Covington when a violent thunderstorm with devastating rain and winds developed. A large pine tree fell onto the patrol car as it passed South Johnson Street. The tree crushed the top of the patrol car and killed Sergeant Raimer instantly. Deputy Mayo suffered a severed spinal cord that caused her to become paralyzed from the chest down. She underwent years of rehabilitation and was able to return to the sheriff's office as a dispatcher for a short time; however, complications from her injuries caused her to become bedridden. She succumbed to her injuries 16 years later on September 21st, 2023.

Deputy Mayo had served with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office for two years at the time of the crash.

Survivors

She is survived by her mother, brother, niece, godmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Mayo gave the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Covington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Mayo.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

Location Covington, LA

Platform Identity stpso.sttammany.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 21, 2023

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 42

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Automobile crash

Deputy Sheriff Marylin Anjanette Mayo 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 LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, 3 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

50% Accident

LA — Statewide

180

of 595 officers

30.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident