Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Weaver Hogan and Chief Charles Taylor of the Sparta Police Department were killed when their patrol car was forced off the road into a bridge abutment on US Route 21 south of Wytheville, Virginia. The two officers, along with a third officer, had chased bootlegging suspects into Virginia from North Carolina. The third officer and Patrolman Hogan were both taken to a hospital in Wytheville. Patrolman Hogan succumbed to his injuries the following day. Patrolman Hogan was a United States Coast Guard WWII veteran and had served with the Sparta Police Department for one year assigned to Alleghany County. He was survived by his parents, four brothers, and four sisters. The North Carolina Department of Transportation named a bridge on I-77 near the Virginia state line in honor of Trooper Hogan. The bridge on Highway 21 entering Sparta, North Carolina, is named in honor of Patrolman Hogan and Chief Taylor. He is buried at Little Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery in Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents, four brothers, and four sisters.
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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.
Patrolman Hogan gave the North Carolina Highway Patrol 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Weaver Howard Hogan served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.
Patrolman Weaver Howard Hogan is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen. That is 30.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At North Carolina Highway Patrol, 41 of 69 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 59.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Weaver Howard Hogan's cause is highlighted.
How Weaver Howard Hogan Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Weaver Howard Hogan is highlighted in Mar.
Incident Location
Military Service
Weaver Howard Hogan served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.
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