Heroes, in comic books, come in all shapes and sizes. In real life, they wear uniforms.

They’re real men and women, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters who keep the rest of us safe from harm and help us when we are in trouble.

The Lafayette-Oxford-University Community is blessed to have trained and dedicated individuals who put their lives in harms way every day and often times do not receive the credit they are due for such selfless sacrifice.

The Oxford EAGLE and local businesses are proud to honor these hometown heroes with a special three-page special section in today’s edition devoted to thanking these first responders for their bravery.

ON THE FRONT LINE

Lafayette County Fire Department

Kim Thorne, chief

Wes Anderson

Raleigh Sprouse

Jerry Johnson

Paul Moss

Hal Anderson

Stephen Wood

Buster Hollowell

David Tomlin

Tommy Arendale

Leonard Tomlin

Dennis Jones

Hunter Foley

David Morgan Sr

Rusty Arendale

Fay Tomlin

Felecia Arendale

Larry Brown

Taylor Anderson

Adam Clay

Tim Tatum

Ottis Anderson

Ilia Dubrovin

Fish Robinson

Justin Sneed

Richard Shivers

Jonathan Porter

Jeremy Williams

Juan Leyva

Kerry Delbridge

Dave LeBanc

Bobby McCain

Jeff Wells

Louis Brummett

Billy Melton

Kenny Tidwell

Timothy Hill

Tony Vaughn

Joshua Glasz

Chad Ferguson

Bud Atkinson

Lisa Bryant

Thad Hooper

Brandon Griffith

Matthew Wheat

Matt Tatum

Jamie Phillips

Chris Stamson

Crawford Williamson

Greg Surbeck

Doug Sullivan-Gonzalez

Andrew Kamischke

Eddie Mounce

Shawn Vaughn

Donovan Williamson

Eric Craine

Keveon Taylor

Conner Davis

Will Parker

Jeremiah Brown

Brittany McKinney

Marquel Smith

Nick Pastore

Russell McCullar

Pete Ramey

John Russell

Larry Hollowell

Jimmy Davis

Bart Ratliff

Johnny Clemons

Jake Clemons

Joey Hogan

Tasha Flemons

Jeffrey Herren

Jason Gossett

Chad Bagwell

Amber Bagwell

Janice Parks

Kenneth Smith (P-NC)

Robert Barbee

Ben Barbee

Jeremy Schoggin

Travis Patterson

Larry McKinney

James Barbee

Frank Brown

Gary Deal

George Estock

Jamie Roy

Nate Roy

Scott Stewart

Brent Rushing

Jim Easley

Buddy Roy

Randall Minton

Hilton Lane

Bill Knight

Melvin Pomfrey

Sammie Woodall

Brett Thomas

Anthony Bonner

Robert Toles

John Rumbach

Zack Colvett

Jayson Gazaway

Justin Tharpe

David Dickerson

Parnell Boyd

Scott Beckham

CW Hairston

Chaz Rasco

Martin Tyson

Ken McGruder

Gabriel Romero

Eddie Tyson

Amy Tyson

Will Sekul

Steve Montgomery

Ryan Starns

Jacob Drewrey

Alan Gafford

Adam Huckabee

Chris Jenkins

Mack Quarles

Dustin Black

Caleb McCormick

Scott Bishop

Sherwood Holland

Earl Johnson

Cary McCormick

Lacey Bishop

Clarence Williams

Rebecca Moore

Bruce Jenkins

Craig Swanner

Ben Potts

Michael Foshee

Joseph McBride

Candi Wood

Harvey Jones

Josh McBride

P.J. Jones

Cory Thweatt

Jeremiah Grant

Drew Crowe

Matt Hinkle

Andy Kenton

Brandon Warren

Brad Batte

Reese Trainer

Hannah Weeks

Zak Podewils

Amanda McLain

William McEwen

Lorenzer Green

Robert Bradley

Robert Mason

James Bryant

Keith Edwards

Ethan Peterson

Larry Hipps

John C. Tramel

Amber Dykes

Oxford Fire Department

Cary Sallis, chief

Adam Gafford

Gary Atkinson  Jr

Jody Black

Kevin Black

Anthony Bonner

Parnell Boyd

Barry Brown

Randall Bundren

Lawrence Childs

Davii Chinault

Patrick Conner

Eric Craine

Jon Cullen

Timmy Dickinson

Thurman Edwards

Timothy Ferguson

Corey Fortner

Joey Gardner

Larry Gillespie II

John Gossett

Samuel Hollowell

Christopher Jenkins

Robert Johnson

Randy Jones

Robert May

Larry McKinney Jr

Thomas Montgomery

Edward Mounce

Garfield Owens Jr

David Patton

James Pritchard

Darin Roy

Jeffrey Roy

Robert Smith

William Stewart

James Tatum

Jeff Taylor

Jonathan Thomas

Eric Thweatt

Richard Thweatt

William Tidwell

John Tramel

Brian Vaughn

James Vaughn

Terry Whitehead

Brion Whitten

Clarence Williams

Stephen Wood

Sammie Woodall

Jamie Phillips

Justin Sneed

Corey Williams

Jeremy Williams

Thomas Abernathy

Wesley Golson

Joshua Ferguson

Brittany McKinney

Jason Keller

Michael Bagwell

Gabriel Romero

Rochelle Harwood

Austin Dennis

John-Ray Sockwell

Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department

F. D. Buddy East, sheriff

Scott Mills

John Hill

Omar Ahmed

Michael Bevill

Hoby James

Jarrett Bundren

Justin Canterbury

Rowland Carothers

Joey Carwile

Dave Cullison

Tyler Wren

Courtney Dixon

John Dukes

Lee Durham

Caleb East

Micah East

Jonathan Grantham

Brian Howell

Jody Mayfield

Brad McDonald

L. J. McNese

Nathan Noe

Bo Prince

Timmy Pruitt

Joe Quarles

Darren Roberts

Chris Smith

Chequille Williams

Jack Theobald

Will Tidwell

Ben Watts

Lynn Webb

Alan Wilburn

Jake Wilson

Justin Wilson

Cathy Conner

Carrie Traylor

911 Dispatch Employees

Rebecca Barnett,

supervisor

Jason Busby

Celisa Dunn

Ashley Perry

Elizabeth Hale

Angie Hughes

Paul Lytle

Kevin Cooper

Shamara Littlejohn

John Smith

Aaron Hampton

Bridgett Frierson

Robin Nail

Oxford Police Department

Joseph East, chief

Bobby Kelly

David Sabin

Phillip Zampella

Byron Baker

Kandice Beavers

Joseph Bishop

Jason Brown

Collins Bryant

Chadwick Carwile

Christopher Case

James Cooper

Matthew Davis

Scott Denton

Lauren Develle

Jeffrey Dukes

Jeffery Edge

Alex Fauver

Shane Fortner

Mary Annie Foshee

Renika Franks

Bridgette Frierson

Brittany Gilleylen

Joshua Glasz

Benjamin Hamilton

Debbie Herdahl

Mark Hodges

William Hollowell

Joel Hollowell II

Robert Horton

James Houston

Alan Ivy

James Jenkins

Forest Jones

Gwendolyn King

Matthew Kinne

Trayven Lesueur

Steven Lewis

Sheldon Lowe

Donovan Lyons

Libby Lytle

Barry Magee

David Mahaffey

Sheridan Maiden

Jeffrey McCutchen

Hardie Meeks

Gaylen Michael

Hayden Michael

David Misenhelter

Joseph Misenhelter

William Moffett

John Paine

Shawn Parrish

James Phillips

Megan Prescott

Barron Pruitt

Cody Pruitt

Rachel Ratcliffe

Matthew Samuels

Hildon Sessums  III

John Sneed  Jr

Lynda Sockwell

Johnny Sossaman

Atearanie Starks

Alex Stratton

Michael Temple

James Thomas III

Tanya Thweatt

Orrin Todd

Gage Vance

Chadley Vega

Kaila Walton

Mario Weekley

Kaitlin Wilkinson

Ashley Williams

James Williams Jr

Marcus Wilson

Jamison Winters

Christopher Wray

Aric Stratton

James Hasting Jr.

Monterius Flemons

Jordan Montgomery

John Parker

Rusty Rasberry

Brandon Byrd

Joshua Shipp

Selby Entrekin

Jacob Bramlett

Diarra Giddens

Jason Dyer

Ryan Baker

Robert Banks

Devin Martin

LaTessa Salter

Stefun Gill

Anthony Carleton

Rodney Waller

Eugene Flowers

Jordan Hardin

Sara Scalzo

Jeremiah Brown

Matthew Brown

Lakeshia Brock

Brian Tallent

Colby Terrell

Cody Allen

Shawn Doyle

Mark Whitaker

Roderick Holmes

University Police Department

Tim Potts, chief

Christopher Blair

Jason Peacock

Kendall Brown

Melvin Pomfrey

Michael Bryant

LaGathia Caradine

Jesse Richards

Matt Coleman

Vernon Rogers

Jeremy Cook

Daniel Ross

Fred Cotto

Eva Roy

Thelma Curry

Ed Schultz

James Duncan

Joshua Sherman

Bonita Garner

Beth Shoffner

Megan Gilmore

Tanya Smith

Janine Gray

Michael Smithmier

Ray Hawkins

Robert Sockwell

Anthony Hernandez

John Spence

Karen Hernandez

George Sullivan

Michael Hughes

Doyle Traylor

Jeff Kellum

Belinda Turner

Bishop Lewis

Jane Tutor

Dave Luna

Brent Warner

Shayla McGuire

Michael Watkins

Michael Mitchell

Brian Watson

Clifton Moore

Jason Welch

Adam Peacock

Christopher Westmoreland

Water Valley Police

Michael King, chief

William Alan Cain

James L. Caldwell

Spring Crenshaw

Anthony J. Hernandez

Marshall Jackson

Bobby L. Kelly

Dustin M. Person

Roger G. Thomas

Bubba Jackson

Water Valley Fire

Sherman D. Gooch, chief

Kye N. Gilley

Matthew Hubbard

Erin M. Keon

Jerry S. Moore

Brenton B. Rogers