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Chief of Police

William Anthony Anderson, Sr.

Northeast Mississippi Community College Police Department — Booneville, MS

Cardiac

End of Watch March 9, 2024

Age 61

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Chief of Police Anthony Anderson suffered a fatal heart attack while working extra hours at the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) Basketball Tournament game at the Bonner Arnold Coliseum in Booneville.

Chief Anderson had been working his regular hours and added the additional college tournament games to his schedule, as well as high school and junior high games. He was working his fifth game in four days when he collapsed at 2:30 p.m. Despite life-saving measures, he was unable to be revived.

Chief Anderson had served with the Northeast Mississippi Community College Campus Police for almost ten years and previously served as the Chief of Police of the Verona Police Department and with the Union County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, and three grandchildren.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

24 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Anderson gave the Northeast Mississippi Community College Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Booneville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Anderson.

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

Agency

Department Northeast Mississippi Community College Police Department

Location Booneville, MS

Platform Identity nmccup.prentiss.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 2024

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Chief of Police William Anthony Anderson, Sr. 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 MS, 9 of 349 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.

Northeast Mississippi Community College Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Cardiac

MS — Statewide

of 349 officers

2.6% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac

National Cause Distribution

How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Anthony Anderson, Sr.'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 William Anthony Anderson, Sr. Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Cardiac: 48.6 years

Years of Service