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Monday, November 28, 2016PAGE COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) — U.S. Marshal Patrick Carothers, 53, was a graduate of Luray High School's Class of 1982. On Tuesday, Nov. 29, he'll be buried in Page County. He was killed in the line of duty.U.S. Marshals Service badge, Luray HS emblem - composite by WHSVThe longtime U.S. Marshals Service veteran was deputy commander of the service's Southeast Regional Task Force, according to a Page United Methodist Church obituary.He lived in Macon, Georgia. He was serving a warrant in Long County, Georgia on Nov. 18 on a fugitive "wanted for attempted murder of police officers" among other charges, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In the process, the fugitive, Dontrell Montese Carter, shot Carothers twice. Other marshals returned fire and struck the fugitive. The two were transported to different hospitals where they were pronounced dead. That's all according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Sunday, Nov. 27, a procession moving his remains from Georgia, northward, was scheduled to reach Luray, Virginia, around 5 p.m. if traffic were normal. Sunday's...
Monday, November 21, 2016Friday at Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday inside the Long Forum at GAC, 1575 Indian Trail Road in Norcross.Carothers will be buried Nov. 29 in Luray, Virginia, where he attended high school."The GAC family mourns the loss of one of our finest, U.S. Marshal Patrick Carothers," the school wrote on Facebook on Friday. "Please be in prayer for this precious family during this difficult time."In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Patrick Carothers' honor may be made to the U. S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund, P. O. Box 11730, Bozeman, MT 59719, or online at usmarshalsfund.org.Carothers was a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service and had been deputy commander of the agency's Southeast Regional task Force for about a year. He was part of a team executing a warrant for an "extremely dangerous" fugitive out of South Carolina when he was shot and killed Friday morning in Long County, officials said. Dontrell Montese Carter, who was wanted on charges including attempted murder of police officers, had been tracked to a trailer near Ludowici, a small town about 55 miles southwest of Savannah. Carothers was shot twice when his team attempted to enter the trailer, and he later died at a hospital in Hinesville. Carter was also shot multiple times and later died at a hospital in Savannah, officials said."Pat is a hero and our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and five children," U.S. Marshal Service Deputy Director David Harlow said in a news release issued Friday.Carothers was born at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and, i...
Monday, November 21, 2016Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 at The Long Forum of Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross, Ga. Interment will take place on Nov. 29 at Beahm’s Chapel Cemetery in Luray, Va. The family will receive friends on Nov. 25 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford, Ga. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the U. S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund, P. O. Box 11730, Bozeman, MT 59719 or online at www.usmarshalsfund.org in memory of Patrick Carothers.PHOTOS: US Marshal killed in GeorgiaLoading...
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Monday, November 28, 2016PAGE COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) — U.S. Marshal Patrick Carothers, 53, was a graduate of Luray High School's Class of 1982. On Tuesday, Nov. 29, he'll be buried in Page County. He was killed in the line of duty.U.S. Marshals Service badge, Luray HS emblem - composite by WHSVThe longtime U.S. Marshals Service veteran was deputy commander of the service's Southeast Regional Task Force, according to a Page United Methodist Church obituary.He lived in Macon, Georgia. He was serving a warrant in Long County, Georgia on Nov. 18 on a fugitive "wanted for attempted murder of police officers" among other charges, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In the process, the fugitive, Dontrell Montese Carter, shot Carothers twice. Other marshals returned fire and struck the fugitive. The two were transported to different hospitals where they were pronounced dead. That's all according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Sunday, Nov. 27, a procession moving his remains from Georgia, northward, was scheduled to reach Luray, Virginia, around 5 p.m. if traffic were normal. Sunday's...
Monday, November 21, 2016Friday at Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday inside the Long Forum at GAC, 1575 Indian Trail Road in Norcross.Carothers will be buried Nov. 29 in Luray, Virginia, where he attended high school."The GAC family mourns the loss of one of our finest, U.S. Marshal Patrick Carothers," the school wrote on Facebook on Friday. "Please be in prayer for this precious family during this difficult time."In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Patrick Carothers' honor may be made to the U. S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund, P. O. Box 11730, Bozeman, MT 59719, or online at usmarshalsfund.org.Carothers was a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service and had been deputy commander of the agency's Southeast Regional task Force for about a year. He was part of a team executing a warrant for an "extremely dangerous" fugitive out of South Carolina when he was shot and killed Friday morning in Long County, officials said. Dontrell Montese Carter, who was wanted on charges including attempted murder of police officers, had been tracked to a trailer near Ludowici, a small town about 55 miles southwest of Savannah. Carothers was shot twice when his team attempted to enter the trailer, and he later died at a hospital in Hinesville. Carter was also shot multiple times and later died at a hospital in Savannah, officials said."Pat is a hero and our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and five children," U.S. Marshal Service Deputy Director David Harlow said in a news release issued Friday.Carothers was born at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and, i...
Monday, November 21, 2016Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 at The Long Forum of Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross, Ga. Interment will take place on Nov. 29 at Beahm’s Chapel Cemetery in Luray, Va. The family will receive friends on Nov. 25 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford, Ga. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the U. S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund, P. O. Box 11730, Bozeman, MT 59719 or online at www.usmarshalsfund.org in memory of Patrick Carothers.PHOTOS: US Marshal killed in GeorgiaLoading...
