Columbus Police Memorial - Police Memorials on Waymarking.com

The memorial honoring the Officers of the Columbus Police Department who have fallen in the line of duty is located on the mezzanine of the public lobby of the Columbus Public Safety Building located at 510 10th Street in Columbus, Georgia. The memorial consists of a statue of a Columbus Police Officer holding a young girl in his arms and gazing out over the street in front of the Public Safety Building. This statue was originally erected on the plaza of the Columbus Government Center in the early 1980’s and was moved to its current location in 1995 as a part of the dedication of the Public Safety Building. The names of the fallen officers are inscribed on five glass plates mounted to brass plaques placed on the columns facing the statue. There is a sixth plaque that honors fallen firefighters from the Columbus Fire Department co-located with those honoring the Police Officers.

The lighting and composition of the glass plates make them hard to photograph in a way to make the writing legible on the photograph so each of the Officers killed in the line of duty while serving with the Columbus Police Department are listed here along with the date they fell:

Matt Murphy - December 26, 1874
Richard M. Adams - October 14, 1896
William Jackson - October 14, 1896
Charlie Roberts - October 14, 1896
N. G. Osborn - January 31, 1901
William S. Elliot - March 27, 1901
Marion Marchant - April 17, 1911
Nelson B. Gibson - September 12, 1915
Charles B. Harvey - May 20, 1920
J. W. Stokes - May 20, 1920
William G. Pate - February 5, 1921
Ernest S. Evans - October 25, 1935
Harry C. Gibson - April 6, 1943
Sumpter Burns - November 6, 1946
Jack C. Boone - February 15, 1973
Robert G. Vining - April 21, 1976
Billy R. Watson - December 28, 1976
James N. Bowers - April 4, 1979
Thomas M. “Spanky” Bowen - March 11, 1984
Clois W. “Sonny” Lamb - December 12, 1989
Shirley D. Winston - December 31, 1990
Sife Perdue - January 5, 1994
Charles E. Osborne, Jr. - August 8, 1994
Ronnie M. Bowers - October 10, 2002

Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link] List if there are any visiting hours: The lobby of the Public Safety Building is open to the public from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. each day of the year. Entrance fees (if it applies): None Type of memorial: Statue

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