Abraham Garland Byler.
Sheriff Abraham Byler was shot and killed while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a murder suspect in Gassville. The suspect opened fire on Sheriff Byler with a rifle and then fled to Georgia. He was never apprehended or tried for Sheriff Byler's murder. Sheriff Byler was a veteran of the Confederate Army and he served as the first sheriff of Baxter County.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sheriff Byler gave the Baxter County Sheriff's Office 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mountain Home community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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