Line of Duty Death: Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Tennyson
Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Tennyson
Maury County Sheriff’s Department, Tennessee
End of Watch: Saturday, May 6, 2017
Bio & Incident Details
Cause: Automobile crash
Incident Date: 5/5/2017
Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Tennyson succumbed to injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash the previous morning at approximately 7:30 am.
He was en route to a local high school when his patrol car left the roadway on Iron Bridge Road, near Running Deer Drive, in Columbia. The vehicle went down an embankment and struck a group of trees. He was transported to a local hospital before being transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He succumbed to his injuries on May 6th, 2017.
Deputy Tennyson was assigned as a school resource officer.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Sheriff Bucky Rowland
Maury County Sheriff’s Department
1300 Lawson White Drive
Columbia, TN 38401
Phone: (931) 380-5733
