Bell County Deputy Sean Pursifull and King... End of Watch 10 Jan 2008.

[unitcharlie]

Bell County Deputy Sean Pursifull and his partner King... End of Watch 10 Jan 2008.
Deputy Pursifull was parked along U.S. 119 in Bell County waiting to join the pursuit
of two teens who slammed into his cruiser. The teens were accused of driving off after
pumping gas at a station across the Harlan County line, they are charged with murder
of a police officer and with assault on a service animal.

Deputy Pursifull leaves behind a wife, two daughters and a mourning community.

 

[hoser147]

Sympathy to the family and coworkers.............Hoser

 

[unitcharlie]

This is Deputy Pursifull's obituary....

Bell County Sheriff Bruce Bennett has established the Anthony S. Pursifull Memorial Fund at First State Financial in Pineville to help pay for Deputy Pursifull's funeral... all money left after those expenses are met go his daughters' college fund....

 

[scannerfreak]

Wow how Sad, I did not realize fallen police officers killed in the line of duty had to pay for their own funerals? That's insane..Why isn't the county paying?

 

[jcpd9720]

I dunno, but it is possible that there is not enough tax income to pay for it... you know it will be huge. As always Supporting Heroes will step in and take the financial burden off the family either way.

http://www.supportingheroes.com

 

[BigDog-911]

Lee, I agree with you on that. But also the state will step in and help as well since it was an in the line of duty death.

They also might not have the support of the community businesses such as in Jefferson County. I think Owens Funeral Home provides free service and Six Flags over Jesus allows for usage of their facility as well.

May God be with his family, both blood and blue. Pray for the Dispatchers that had to work the incident and relive it everytime someone called in wanting to know what happened, and probably finished their shift with as much professionalism as they could muster without breaking down.

Doug

 

[benjaminfs733]

My prayers are with the family and community.



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