Phenix City AL. Assistant Police Chief Gail Green dies while hospitalized with COVID-19
Phenix City AL June 27 2020
Gail Green, the assistant chief of police for Phenix City, died Wednesday while being treated at a Georgia hospital for COVID-19, the Phenix City Mayor Eddie Lowe told AL.com.
Deepest condolences to Phenix City Police Department’s Assistant Chief Gail Green Gilliam’s family!
Green spent her entire 33-year career with the Phenix City Police Department, starting as an officer and rising up the ranks to assistant chief, Lowe said. The mayor said Green was in her mid 50s.
“Quality person, outstanding personality, a lot of character, integrity, class” is how Lowe described the assistant chief, who had been battling COVID-19 at a Columbus, Georgia, hospital.
Green attended and graduated high school in Phenix City.
“She was invested in her community where she grew up at,” Lowe said. “Just a top-quality person.”