Roll of Honor
Incident
Corrections Deputy Lakiesha Tucker died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 while working at the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar Avenue in Memphis.
Deputy Tucker had served with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office for 16 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Corrections Deputy Lakiesha Lashay Tucker died on August 25, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 42.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 6 at Shelby County Sheriff's Office.
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
She is survived by her daughter, mother and brother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Corrections Deputy Tucker gave the Shelby County Sheriff's Office 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corrections Deputy Tucker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Corrections Deputy Lakiesha Lashay Tucker 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 TN, 43 of 769 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%.
At Shelby County Sheriff's Office, 6 of 21 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lakiesha Lashay Tucker's cause is highlighted.
How Lakiesha Lashay Tucker Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Lakiesha Lashay Tucker is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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