{"id":742,"date":"2016-05-09T21:05:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T01:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=742"},"modified":"2019-08-07T19:34:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T23:34:57","slug":"johnston-county-line-of-duty-deaths-historical-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/johnston-county-line-of-duty-deaths-historical-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnston County Line of Duty Deaths – Historical Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday and the same day that the state\u2019s fallen firefighters were honored in a ceremony at Nash Square in downtown Raleigh, another member of the North Carolina fire service died in the line of duty.<\/p>\n

Kenly Firefighter John M. Davis Jr.<\/strong>, 45, suffered a heart attack while working at the scene of an overturned vehicle and subsequent extrication on Princeton Kenly Road. He experienced chest pains and was transported to the hospital, where he later died.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a FireNews story about his passing, and information on the arrangements. The funeral will be Thursday, May 12, at 11:00 a.m. at Kenly Funeral and Cremations, 103 E. 2nd Street. Burial will follow at Center Ridge Presbyterian Church, 2712 Glendale Road.<\/p>\n

Davis is the eighth line-of-duty death in Johnston County\u2019s history, and the first for the Kenly Fire Department in its 75+ year history. And all of the deaths have been cardiac or illness related.<\/p>\n


Left to right: Crocker, Barbour, Lee, Daniels, and Davis.
Missing images for Narron, Lee, and Ellington.<\/p>\n

Below are details on Johnston County\u2019s line-of-duty deaths, from my fallen firefighter database<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/b><\/td>\nAge<\/b><\/td>\nRank<\/b><\/td>\nDeath<\/b><\/td>\nDepartment<\/b><\/td>\nNarrative<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McDaniel Narron<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n8\/3\/76<\/td>\nAntioch<\/td>\nDied of a heart attack while operating the pump at a fire at his residence on RFD #1 in Middlesex.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James H. Lee<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n6\/25\/91<\/td>\nWilson\u2019s Mills<\/td>\nDied of a rare heart condition several days after participating in water shuttle operations at a large tire fire in Princeton.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George E. Crocker<\/td>\n32<\/td>\nChief<\/td>\n6\/22\/08<\/td>\nPine Level<\/td>\nDied of a heart attack at home, after responding to a fire and three EMS incidents. He was found deceased the next morning.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan \u201cJohnny\u201d L. Littleton<\/td>\n40<\/td>\nCaptain<\/td>\n8\/19\/10<\/td>\nPine Level<\/td>\nDied at home the day after participating in training.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard \u201cRicky\u201d L. Barbour<\/td>\n55<\/td>\nChief<\/td>\n2\/4\/11<\/td>\nWilson\u2019s Mills<\/td>\nDied of a heart attack, after complaining of chest pains the day after responding to a woods fire.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas G. Lee<\/td>\n67<\/td>\nFirefighter<\/td>\n2\/1\/14<\/td>\nFour Oaks<\/td>\nDied at his home after an apparent heart attack within 24 hours of responding to the station for a motor-vehicle accident call.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher J. Daniels<\/td>\n40<\/td>\nLieutenant<\/td>\n8\/17\/15<\/td>\nPine Level<\/td>\nFound unresponsive at the fire station about ninety minutes after the start of shift, and following his normal routine of running for thirty minutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John M. Davis Jr.<\/td>\n45<\/td>\nFirefighter<\/td>\n4\/7\/16<\/td>\nKenly<\/td>\nDied at the hospital after suffering a heart attack at the scene of a motor-vehicle accident and extrication on Princeton Kenly Road.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n