Anne McCormick Sullivan Foundation

03/13/2026

Houston Fire Department In The Line of Duty
"Remember to Never Forget"

Rufus John "Bullock" Templet

On this day: March 12, 1952, at age 56

Entered Service: January 1922

35th LODD since Houston's paid department began in August 1895.

To view our other LODD Profiles, go to:

https://www.houstonfirememorial.org/THE%20NEW%20MEMORIAL%20SERVICE%20PROGRAM/MEMORIAL%20SERVICE%20PROGRAM%20MAIN%20PAGE.html

03/08/2026

Houston Fire Department In The Line of Duty
"Remember to Never Forget"

William Ross "Iron Bill" Dowling

On this day: March 7, 2017, at age 43

Entered Service: March 21, 2000, Class 1 2000

71st LODD since Houston's paid department began in August 1895.

To view our other LODD Profiles, go to:
https://www.houstonfirememorial.org/THE%20NEW%20MEMORIAL%20SERVICE%20PROGRAM/MEMORIAL%20SERVICE%20PROGRAM%20MAIN%20PAGE.html

03/01/2026

Houston Fire Department In The Line of Duty
"Remember to Never Forget"

George LaSalle Bishop

On this day: March 1, 1926,, at age 41

Entered Service: 1916

14th LODD since Houston's paid department began in August 1895.

To view our other LODD Profiles go to:

https://www.houstonfirememorial.org/THE%20NEW%20MEMORIAL%20SERVICE%20PROGRAM/MEMORIAL%20SERVICE%20PROGRAM%20MAIN%20PAGE.html

02/14/2026

Houston Fire Department in the Line of Duty
"Remember to Never Forget"

Lewis Evans Mayo, III

On this day, February 14, 2000, at age 44

Entered Service: June 29, 1981, Class 81C

56th Line of Duty Death since the HFD became a paid department in 1895.

For more HFD LODD's go to:
http://www.houstonfirememorial.org/.../MEMORIAL%20SERVICE...

02/14/2026

Houston Fire Department in the Line of Duty
"Remember to Never Forget"
Kimberly Ann Smith
On this day, February 14, 2000, at age 30

Entered Service: April 11, 1994, Class 94A

55th Line of Duty Death since the HFD became a paid department in 1895.

For more HFD LODD's go to:
http://www.houstonfirememorial.org/.../MEMORIAL%20SERVICE...

02/14/2026

Houston Fire Department in the Line of Duty
"Remember to Never Forget"
H. A. “Ace” Harris
On this day, February 14,1921, Age 47
Entered Service: November 1, 1920

10th Line of Duty Death since the HFD became a paid department in 1895.

For more HFD LODD's go to:
http://www.houstonfirememorial.org/.../MEMORIAL%20SERVICE...

02/13/2026

Okay so last week I worked on two of my pages that needed a lot of attention.

The first one is the Presumptive Illness LODD page. It went down last year and just recently between myself and Chris Whitehead we repaired and it went from a massive train wreck to a functional web page. yea

Here is the Link:
https://www.houstonfirememorial.org/Other_items_on_this_web.htm

The other one is brand new and it is the listing of all the deceased Fire Chief's from 1895 to present.

The link for that one is:
https://www.houstonfirememorial.org/AAA-FIRE%20CHIEF%20PAGE.htm

HFD's Presumptive Illness LODD's             Grover Adams to Mario Gallegos           Section Two                HFD's Presumptive Illness LODD's             Ira Gibbs  to Joe Leggio               Section Three              HFD's Pre...

01/19/2026

Okay time for an "Inspiration Wall" post.

I spend a lot of time at my computer. Most of you have figured that out. These photos I am posting are on the wall where I sit. If i am having any kind of issue that is where my eyes go. The one in the left corner is Anne Sullivan's "thumbs up" photo. I look at that on first and feel better immediately! And it has been awhile since I posted this.!

Also check out my HFD Fire Memorial website.
WWW.houstonfirememorial.org

12/05/2025

Anne, Happy 37th Birthday, in heaven, you have a lot of great HFD firefighters to hang out with. We all miss your presence, but you are always with us in spirt!!

Here are some photos I would like to share. The last two are from my HFD Pictorial History book I did in 2014. I asked Anne;s mom do this And to this day I cant read it without tearing up. That process was very emotional for both of us,and Mom did a great job!

02/11/2025

I always like when young fire fighters ask for any kind of HFD historical facts. This young FF from 73s ask me for the LODD list by date.

Here you go sir... and the photos are an extra bonus.!!

Houston Fire Department Active Incident Line of Duty Deaths,
from April 27, 1899 to November 6, 2024

1-Emil “Ed” Thompson-April 27, 1899
2-Frank William Medlenka-November 11, 1901
3-Clifford William Johnson-June 13, 1902
4-Barnett Cohen “Barney Moffatt-April 26, 1908
5-Thomas Andrew O'Leary-December 24, 1908
6-Herman Joseph “Dutch” Wagner-May 25, 1912
7-Clifford Allen Wiese-July 14, 1913
8-Patrick O'Hare-September 21, 1913
9-Robert Rutherford Glass-December 1, 1913
10-H. A. “Ace” Harris-February 14, 1921
11-Harry Dodd-July 26, 1923
12-John Andrew “Bob” Boyd-August 4, 1923
13-Harold Albert Denny-May 1, 1924
14-George Bishop-March 1, 1926
15-Claud William Edmonds-August 19, 1926
16-James Magerson “Mag” Smith-February 9, 1929
17-Rudolph Leon “Rudy” Hendricks-June 22, 1929
18-Edgar Henry Grant Jr.-July 2, 1929
19-HarryLloyd “Red” Oxford-July 3, 1929
20-John Sellis Little Sr.-July 11, 1929
21-Aaron Loyola O'Brien-December 20, 1929
22-Michael James Ward Jr.-December 21, 1929
23-Charles Rolland “C.R.” Rusk-June 8, 1932
24-Esker Jackson Rogers-August 22, 1934
25-Alford Schutze-August 21,1938
26-Walter William “Molly” Walker-July 1, 1940
27-Horrace Oscar Gassoway-August 6, 1941
28-James Edward “Jimmy” Lowth-March 31, 1947
29-John Benjamin “Red” Adams-March 7, 1948
30-Vernon John Dorsett-January 21, 1949
31-Robert Weir “Bobby” Milburn-April 14, 1940
32-Joseph Earl “Bull” Connor-January 31, 1951
33-Rufus John “Bullock” Templet-March 12, 1951
34-Charley Albert Middlekauf-March 10, 1953
35-Fidel Chabolla-July 29, 1953
36-Joseph James “Joe” Solito-July 29, 1953
37-Frank Catino-January 7, 1954
38-Woodrow Willaim Erwin-February 24, 1954
39-Delbert Harvey Shrefy-October 31, 1954
40-William Henry “Bill” Kersten-December 18, 1954
41-Willis Neal “Bardoil” McWhorter-November 6, 1959
42-D. H. “Jim” Chandler-November 9, 1959
43-Charles Alphonse “Jed” Jedlicka-November 17, 1959
44-Dominic Joseph “Dom” Contorno-May 21, 1962
45-Claude Jackson Hopkins-June 30, 1962
46-Steve Charlie Baranowski-February 3, 1969
47-James Louis Walls Jr.-May 3, 1971
48-Truxton Joseph Hathaway Jr.-October 19, 1971
49-Lewis Washington “Moe” Richardson-February 3, 1973
50-Jackie Dunham Ludwick-February 4, 1977
51-Thomas Norwood “Tommy” Cooper-September 23, 1982
52-Lonnie Franklin-January 4, 1983
53-Robert Munguia Reyes-December 1, 1984
Ruben Lopez-December 4, 1996 Houston Volunteer
54-Steven Clyde “Steve” Mayfield-December 2, 1998
55-Kimberly Ann “Kim” Smith-February 14, 2000
56-Lewis Evans Mayo III-February 14, 2000
57-Jay Paul Jahnke-October 13, 2001
58-Kevin Wayne Kulow-April 4, 2004
59-Grady Don Burke-February 19, 2005
60-James Arthur Harlow Sr.-April 12, 2009
61-Damion Jon Hobbs-April 12, 2009
62-Cohnway Matthew Johnson-May 4, 2009
63-Thomas William “Bill” Dillion-March 4, 2012
67-Matthew Rena “Matt” Renaud-May 31, 2013
66-Robert Ryan “Bobby” Bebee-May 31, 2013
65-Robert Herman “Bobby” Garner IV-May 31, 2013
64-Anne McCormick “Punky” Sullivan-May 31, 2013
68-Daniel David “Danny” Groover-July 9, 2014
69-Dwight Wayne “Bebe” Bazil Jr.-February 21, 2015
70-Steven Reid Whitfield II-March 31, 2016
71-William Ross “Iron Bill” Dowling-March 7, 2017
72-Kenneth Dale “Kenny” Stavinoha-September 21, 2019
73-Leroy Pena Lucio-July 20, 2020
74-Gerardo Isaias “Jerry” Pacheco-August 3, 2020
75-Tommy Wayne Searcy-September 8, 2020
76-Lemuel Delray “DJ” Bruce-October 16, 2020
77-Tanner Graham Reed-September 2021
78-Marcelo "Ox" Garcia III-November 6, 2024
www.houstonfirememorial.org
Thanks again Keith Peacock for the "In living color mode"!

05/31/2024

Houston Fire Department
In The Line of Duty
"Remember to Never Forget"
Anne McCormick Sullivan
On this day: May 31, 2013, at age 24
Entered Service: April 11, 2013, 2013A
64th LODD since Houston's paid department began in August 1895.

To view our other LODD Profiles go to:
https://houstonfirememorial.org/LODD-NEW/MASTER%20PAGE%20FOR%20LODD%20IN%20ALPHA%20ORDER----.htm