Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Floyd was shot and killed after responding to an armed robbery on S.C. 336 in the Pineland area. A 17 year-old youth had put a log across the road and robbed a car that had to stop for the obstruction. Sheriff Floyd responded to the call and was shot in the stomach with a .22 caliber rifle as he searched nearby woods. He succumbed to his wound while en route to a hospital in Savannah, Georgia. The suspect was arrested a short time later. The suspect was convicted of first degree murder and executed in 1964. Sheriff Floyd had been Sheriff for 16 years and had been with the agency for 29 years. In November 2002 a section of the road where he was killed was renamed in honor of Sheriff Floyd.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter.
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Tributes
29 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Floyd gave the Jasper County Sheriff's Office 29 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Ridgeland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Floyd.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Clarence Wilson Floyd is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,586 officers honored here.
In SC, 271 of 440 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.6% of this state's fallen. That is 7.7 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clarence Wilson Floyd's cause is highlighted.
How Clarence Wilson Floyd Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Clarence Wilson Floyd is highlighted in Jan.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Clarence Wilson Floyd was killed by rifle.