A family is left to carry an absence that cannot be repaired. A community is left to say goodbye to a 37-year-old public servant whose life ended in gunfire while he was doing the work he had chosen. Derrick Bonham was a Deputy Sheriff with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office, and his End of Watch came on January 30, 2026. The details are stark, but they do not make this loss feel any less personal. Behind badge 615 was a man who had served his country as a United States Army veteran and had spent two years serving Weakley County. He was not a number…

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