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McKENZIE/WASHINGTON DC — A McKenzie city marshal, who was slain during an ambush on December 7, 1898 in McKenzie, Tennessee, was memorialized in two ceremonies on Monday, May 13.
McKenzie Police Department memorialize Bryant at Mount Olivet Cemetery at his grave site at 11 a.m. A second ceremony included the name of A.D. Bryant in the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial on Monday evening in Washington, D.C.
Police Chief Craig Moates and Mayor Jill Holland led a memorial at Mt. Olivet, the headstone of Bryant. Police officers heard the story of A.D. Bryant and how he met his demise. A wreath was situated adjacent to the headstone.
Moates first learned of the tragic death when a retired capitol policeman in Wyoming discovered the information. Jere Cox at the Gordon Browning Museum in downtown McKenzie helped in the research of the event.
Chief Moates said City Marshal A.D. Bryant was killed in the line of duty while eating supper. He was ambushed and shot in the head twice. The perpetrator was previously arrested by Bryant, incarcerated, and released on bond. When he was released, he found Bryant in the telegraph office at the railroad depot and shot him. The perpetrator escaped and drank poison to commit suicide.