ThinBlueNews Memorial Wall • 50th Anniversary
Deputy Sheriff Dave H. Jennings, Jr.
Tallahatchie County Sheriff’s Office, Mississippi
End of Watch: Saturday, August 28, 1976
CHARLESTON, Miss. — ThinBlueNews remembers Deputy Sheriff Dave H. Jennings, Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his End of Watch, August 28, 1976. This is an anniversary remembrance, not a report of a new death.
The approved Officer Down Memorial Page record identifies Jennings as a deputy with the Tallahatchie County Sheriff’s Office and records 41 years of law-enforcement service. ODMP says he was killed after responding to a shooting call on Deep Slough Road. This remembrance keeps the account concise and avoids graphic detail.
Four decades of service
ODMP records Deputy Jennings’ age as 66 and says he had served in law enforcement for 41 years. The memorial also records that he was survived by his wife and three children; ThinBlueNews names no private family members and adds no personal details beyond the approved official record.
Remembered 50 years later
The 50th anniversary is one of ThinBlueNews’ established milestone-remembrance dates. Half a century after his End of Watch, Deputy Jennings’ service remains part of Tallahatchie County’s law-enforcement history.
Fifty years after his End of Watch, Deputy Dave H. Jennings, Jr. is remembered for 41 years of service and for the family, colleagues and community who continue to carry his memory.
End of Watch
Deputy Sheriff Dave H. Jennings, Jr.
Tallahatchie County Sheriff’s Office
Mississippi
End of Watch: Saturday, August 28, 1976
Age: 66
Law-enforcement service: 41 years
Sources and visual note
- ODMP: August 28 line-of-duty death history
- ODMP: Deputy Sheriff Dave H. Jennings, Jr.
- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund: fallen-officer memorial search
Visual note: ThinBlueNews created an original typography memorial because no portrait with documented publication-level reuse authority was established for this run. No synthetic likeness, representative incident image, badge, seal or invented uniform detail was used.
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