Officers Memorial - NC Department of Correction

We offer this tribute to honor our co-workers who died on the job and in service to the Department of Correction and the State of North Carolina.

Good men must die,
but death cannot kill their names.
- Proverbs

The names of the officers listed below are engraved on a plaque in the lobby of Central Prison.
They are also listed on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Officer James S. Chesser of Central Prison was killed while working on death row in 1939.

Officer Kermit Dale Jackson of Alexander Correctional Center was killed in a road squad accident in 1960.

Officer Earl Cranston Strickland of Robeson Correctional Center was shot and killed by an escaping inmate in 1969.

Officer Jenette W. Fish of Triangle Correctional Center was killed in 1975.

Officer Randall C. Cupp of Alexander Correctional Center was killed in 1986 when he was called to a dispute near his home.

Officer William V. Lee, a probation unit supervisor, was killed in a traffic accident in 1989.

Officer Alan P. Kirk was killed in 1991 at Caledonia Correctional Institution.

William Joseph Davis, a truck driver for Central Engineering, was killed in a roadside accident in Raleigh in 1998 when he stopped to adjust the load on his trailer.

Officer David Michael Anthony of Iredell Correctional Center was killed in an accident in 1998 while supervising an inmate road squad along Interstate 77.

Probation/parole officer David Cortner was killed in a traffic accident in 1999.

Officer Shannon Smith of Johnston Correctional Institution was hit and killed by a driver in 1999 while supervising an inmate road squad along U.S. 70.