SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ONE OF
OUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS IN BLUE, IT AFFECTS ALL
OF US.
THERE'S TWO
THINGS THON EARTH THAT DEVEN WAS
MEANT TO BE A
FATHER AND HUSBAND AND POLICE
OFFICER.
AN EMOTIONAL DAY AS A FALLEN
DEPUTY IS LAYED TO
REST.
DEVEN HODGES DIED DURING A
TRAINING ACCIDENT LAST
WEEK.
TODAY THE PEOPLE HE SERVED THE
MEN AND WOMEN
HE SERVED WITH, COUNTLESS OTHERS
CAME OUT TO MOURN
HIS PASSING.
BRIANNA IS THERE WITH HIS
FAREWELL.
THE COMMUNITY GRIEVED FOR THE
OFFICERS HERE
GRIEVING FOR DEVEN HODGES BUT
ALSO THE FAMILY HE
LEAVES BEHIND.
YOU COULD SEE BLUE LIGHTS FOR
MILES
AS OFFICERS FROM AROUND
TEMPERATURE STATE FILED INTO
THE ANDERSON CIVIC CENTER TO PAY
RESPECTS TO HODGES.
HIS CASKET DRAPED WITH A FLAG AS
HIS SUPERIORS SPOKE
WORDS ABOUT THE TYPE OF OFFICER
HE WAS BUT MAN.
WE ALL KNOW DEVEN LIKED TO
LAUGH AND PLAY JOKES
OR JUST BE DEVEN.
HE COULD HAVE YOU HOLDING YOUR
SIDES WITHIN MINUTES OF WALKING
IN A ROOM.
YOUR TOUR OF DUTY HERE ON
EARTH MAY BE OVER.
YOUR MEMORY AND YOUR LEGACY WILL
LIVE FOREVER.
OBVIOUSLY SUCH AN EMOTIONAL
DAY HEARING FROM BOTH
DEPARTMENTS THAT HE LAST WORKED
FOR.
SOMETHING THAT
STUCK WITH WITH ME IS HE HAS
FOUR CHILDREN HE NOW
LEAVES BEHIND AS WELL AS HIS
WIFE.
THEY SAID NO
MATTER WHAT, THEY'LL HAVE A
FAMILY IN BLUE WITH
THEM.
WE'RE LIVE IN ANDERSON TONIGHT,
7 NEWS.
BRIANNA, THANK YOU.
7 NEWS REPORTER ALSO
COVERING TODAY'S EMOTIONAL
FAREWELL ALONG THE
POSSESSIONLE ROUTE.
SHE CONTINUES WITH MORE ON HOW
THE COMMUNITY IS COPING WITH THE
LOSS.
NIKOLE?
GORDON, FELLOW OFFICERS AND
EVEN STRANGERS SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE 36-MILE ROUTE
ANDERSON TO GREENWOOD
COUNTY
THAT PROCESSIONLE ARRIVED HERE
AT THE CEMETERY --
PROCESSIONLE ARRIVED HERE AT THE
CEMETERY.
HUNDREDS
OF BLUE LIGHTS ACROSS THE
UPSTATE TONIGHT TO PAY
RESPECTS TO MASTER DEPUTY
ONLIES.
SOME SAY THEY
DIDN'T KNOW HIM JUST WANTED TO
PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO
THEIR BROTHER IN BLUE.
THOSE THAT PROTECT AND SERVE
THEM.
OTHERS SAID THEY MET HIM ONCE
AND KNEW HE WAS
A FAMILY MAN, LOVED HIS JOB AND
FULFILLING HIS DREAM
OUT THERE LEARNING MARINE
PATROL.
IT WAS A SOMBER
DAY FOR THOSE HERE IN ANDERSON,
ABBEYVILLE,
GREENWOOD COUNTIES.
NOW I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH NOW.
THEY'RE GETTING HERE BUT
HONOR GUARD IS HERE BEFORE HE'S
OFFICIALLY LAID TO
REST.
SHERIFF McBRIDE WANTED THE
COMMUNITY TO
KNOW THERE WAS A MEMORIAL FUND
SET UP FOR DEPUTY
HODGES NAME F. ANYONE WANTS TO
-- IF ANYONE WANTS TO
DONATE, DROP OFFER MONEY IN HIS
NAME AT ANY BANK
ACROSS THE STATE.
NIKOLE FORD, 7 NEWS.
I KNOW WE'RE WORKING TO GET
MORE PICTURES OF THAT
PROCESSION AS IT MADE IT TO THE
GRAVE SIDE.
TALK TO
US ABOUT HOW MANY LINE THE
ROADS.
WE'VE BEEN
THROUGH FUNERALS A FEW TIMES IN
THE PAST YEAR
IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY COME TO
LOOK, SALUTE, TAKE OFF
THEIR HAT.
IT'S VERY UNIQUE.
IT'S 36 MILES LONG.
EVERY COUPLE MILES, YOU'D SEE
PEOPLE HERE AND THERE.
SOME AT GAS STATION, SOME AT
FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
EVERYONE SITTING ON THEIR HOODS
WAITING FOR THAT TO
GO BY.
I DID SEE A COUPLE WHO HAD SAW
THE
PROCESSIONAL AND SOME HAD TEARS
IN THEIR EYES THAT
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE DEPUTY.
IT'S A LOSS FOR THE WHOLE
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU
FOR
THAT LET'S RECAP EVENTS LEADING
UP TO TODAY'S
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES IS
STILL INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT
THAT TOOK HIS LIFE.
HE WAS TAKING PART IN A TRAINING
EXERCISE LAST
THURSDAY.
HE FELL OUT OF THE BOAT AND HIT
HIS HEAD
ON A PROPELLER.
THE LIFE JACKET PINNED HIM UNDER
THE BOAT.
YOU HEARD NIKOLE MENTION A FUND
HAS BEEN
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