Today, we remember Horry County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Timothy Eugene Causey, Whitmire Police Department Assistant Chief of Police William Earl Evans and Chief of Police Robert Rion Gilliam, Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Charlie Albert Rodgers, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Corporal Robert D. Sadler, and South Carolina Highway Patrol Patrolman Henry C. Yonce.
On this date in 2013, Horry County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Timothy Eugene Causey died as a result of the smoke inhalation he suffered on March 16th, 2013, after responding to a massive fire in the Windsor Green area.
On this date in 1945, Assistant Chief William Evans and Chief Robert Gilliam were shot and killed by the father of a man they had just arrested.
On this date in 1973, Deputy Sheriff Charlie Rodgers succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained several days earlier after responding to assist Greenwood Police Department officers at the scene of an active shooting at 11:38 am.
On this date in 1982, Corporal Sadler was killed in an automobile accident while returning from a call.
On this date in 1959, Patrolman Yonce died as a result of burns received in an automobile accident that occurred when his patrol car was struck by a tractor-trailer in Greenwood County.
