Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Don Ramey died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Transylvania County Detention Center at 153 Public Safety Way in Brevard.
Sergeant Ramey was a United States Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Transylvania County Sheriff's Office for four years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Sergeant Donald William Ramey died on September 29, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 60.
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
Sergeant Ramey is survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Ramey served with the Transylvania County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Brevard community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Ramey.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Donald William Ramey served in the Marine Corps (1979â1979) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Donald William Ramey 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 NC, 37 of 664 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Donald William Ramey's cause is highlighted.
How Donald William Ramey Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Donald William Ramey is highlighted in Sep.