Today, we remember Marion County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Donald Ray Hayes, Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff William Howell, Jr., and Kershaw County Constable Richard F. Rowell.
On this date in 1987, Deputy Sheriff Donald Hayes succumbed to a gunshot wound received the previous day while serving an arrest warrant for simple assault. He was survived by his wife and three children.
On this date in 2008, Deputy Sheriff William Howell was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance on Boyer Road at approximately 1:30 am. He is survived by his wife and four sons.
On this date in 1876, Constable R.F. Rowell was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a horse thief.
