Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Douglas Jones drowned after accidentally driving into a drainage pond during a severe rainstorm. Deputy Jones was en route home when he volunteered to answer an alarm call at a business approximately two miles west of the interchange of I-20 and US Route 1. The following morning Deputy Jones failed to show up for work. A short time later a person at the business called to report that a blue light was sticking out of the surface of the pond. When the pond was drained Deputy Jones' patrol car and body were found. Deputy Jones had been able to exit his patrol car but was unable to crawl up the bank of the pond, as the bank kept giving way. Deputy Jones had served with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department for 15 years.
Survivors
He was a widower and was survived by his seven children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Jones gave the Lexington County Sheriff's Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Lexington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Jones.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Douglas M. Jones 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 SC, 137 of 438 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.3 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Lexington County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Douglas M. Jones's cause is highlighted.
How Douglas M. Jones Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Douglas M. Jones is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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