Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Darrell Honaker was killed in a vehicle crash in Addicks, Texas, while en route to Houston to extradite a prisoner back to West Virginia.
He was killed instantly when his vehicle collided with an oncoming truck on a bridge U.S. Highway 90. The driver of the truck was uninjured in the crash but died after falling over the bridge's railing when he got out of the vehicle. Deputy Honaker's son, who accompanied him on the extradition, was seriously injured.
Deputy Honaker was survived by his wife, son, and two siblings.
Survivors
Deputy Honaker was survived by his wife, son, and two siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Honaker served with the Cabell County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Huntington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Honaker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Darrell Washington Honaker 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 WV, 54 of 232 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.3% of this state's fallen. That is 7.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Darrell Washington Honaker's cause is highlighted.
How Darrell Washington Honaker Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Darrell Washington Honaker is highlighted in Nov.