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Deputy Sheriff

Ferman Raines

Pulaski County Sheriff's Office — Waynesville, MO

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End of Watch May 29, 1988

Age 69

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Badge 700

The Vigil Panel 133 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Ferman Raines was killed in an automobile crash while on duty on Historic Route 66 near Broadway Street. He was responding to an alarm at Houston Brothers Service Repair Center in Buckhorn. At about 10:32 p.m. his patrol car veered off of Historic Route 66 in Waynesville. His vehicle went airborne, struck a utility pole, overturned, and landed just outside of the Waynesville Bus Station. Deputy Raines was thrown from the vehicle and died from his injuries. Deputy Raines was a U.S. Army veteran and had served in law enforcement for 19 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his son.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Raines gave the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Waynesville community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Pulaski County Sheriff's Office

Location Waynesville, MO

Platform Identity pcso.pulaski.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 29, 1988

Tour of Duty 19 yrs

Age 69

Badge Number 700

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Ferman Raines served in the Army (1939â1945) before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy Sheriff Ferman Raines 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 MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

Pulaski County Sheriff's Office

of 1 officers

100% Accident

MO — Statewide

237

of 813 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ferman Raines's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Ferman Raines Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

Years of Service