Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Thomas Dickinson was struck and killed by a Norfolk and Western Railroad train in Pamplin, Virginia.
He was traveling to Appomattox to serve an arrest warrant and had stopped in Pamplin. He was crossing the tracks at the railroad station when a train came through at a speed and struck him.
Sheriff Dickinson had served as the sheriff of Prince Edward County for approximately 25 years. He was survived by his wife, one daughter from a previous marriage, and eight siblings. He was buried in the College Church Cemetery in Hampden-Sydney.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, one daughter from a previous marriage, and eight siblings.
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25 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Dickinson gave the Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Farmville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Dickinson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Thomas Harris Dickinson 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 VA, 203 of 654 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31% of this state's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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