Yes­ter­day evening approx­i­mately 2,000 peo­ple turned out for George County Sher­iff Garry Welford’s vis­i­ta­tion at Shady Grove Bap­tist Church.  Accord­ing to the arti­cle, about 1,500 bot­tles of water were handed out by 6:30 p.m. by the Amer­i­can Red Cross.  The wait was some­where around 90 min­utes to get into the church.  Here is a tes­ti­mony to the kind of man Garry Welford was:

The Rev. Bruce Mcken­zie, pas­tor of Shady Grove Bap­tist Church, said Welford was a ded­i­cated church member.

“I have talked to a lot of crim­i­nals in my tenure here. The crim­i­nals I’ve talked to, they respected Garry. When you have the respect of the crim­i­nals, the law­break­ers, the law abiders, that says a lot about the sher­iff,” Mcken­zie said.

His funeral is this morn­ing at 10:00 a.m.  Thou­sands are expected to attend.