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A former Rockingham County deputy has been honored in several local memorials to law enforcement, but now John Rafter will be honored on a statewide public safety memorial.
Deputy Rafter was killed when a prisoner shot him in 1983. He is one of two Valley law enforcement officers that will be included in a memorial in Richmond’s Capital Square.
The list includes law enforcement officers, firefighters, correctional officers, members of the Virginia National Guard, emergency medical services personnel and others who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Winchester Police Sergeant Ricky Timbrook will also be included. He was killed in October 1999, when a drug dealer shot him.
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<a href="http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/Slain_Rockingham_County_Deputy_to_Be_Honored_on_Memorial_132759603.html?ref=603tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/Slain_Rockingham_County_Deputy_to_Be_Honored_on_Memorial_132759603.html?ref=603Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:06:03 GMT”>Slain Rockingham County Deputy to Be Honored on Memorial