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Year Honored
1995
Honoree
Larry O Gilliam
Agency
Weakley County Ambulance Service
Agency City
Dresden
Agency State
TN
Last Call
12/26/82
Cause of Death
Ambulance Involved MVC
Biography
Larry Gilliam, 37, was a full-time employee of Weakley County Ambulance Service when he died on December 26, 1982, during the course of a routine call to pick up a patient at Weakley County Nursing Home. He was the driver of an ambulance that was involved in an accident with a tractor trailer. On impact the ambulance broke into three pieces, and the three emergency medical services providers on the call were thrown from the vehicle and killed instantly. He had been an emergency medical technician for six years.<br /> <br /> Larry was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He was survived by his wife Kathy and two sons, Lee and Dwayne.<br /> <br /> Honored 1995