Frank L. Huggins Jr., the 1993-1994 president of APCO, passed away March 4 in Asheville, North Carolina, at 87.
Huggins, of Swannanoa, was active in the public safety communications industry and APCO throughout his 39-year career in the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Throughout his career, Huggins aided technological, legislative and educational improvements to the operations of public safety communications.
APCO member and Polk County (Georgia) E-911 Director Crystal Gail Vincent, 46, of Cedartown, passed away January 28 after an extended illness.
Southwest (Texas) Regional Communications Center Deputy Director Jennifer Garner, 46, of Waxahachie died Tuesday. Garner had served as Texas APCO secretary. She suffered from cancer.
APCO Life Member Don Whitney passed away December 28. Whitney enjoyed a long tenure in public safety communications for Motorola and was a longstanding member of the Commercial Advisory Council (CAC), including service on the APCO Board of Directors.
Sammye Foster Cotton of Wills Point, Texas, passed way Nov. 16 at the age of 43 after a battle with ALS. Cotton was Garland (Texas) Police Department Communications Manager and an APCO member who previously worked for McKinney (Texas) Police Department and the Commerce (Texas) Police Department.
Hopkins (Minnesota) Fire Department Assistant Chief and APCO member James “Jimmy” Scanlon died November 4 after going into cardiac arrest the day before. He was 38.
Bob Marz, an APCO life member, passed away October 5 at home in South Ogden, Utah, with his family. He was 87.
John J. Daly, 66, whose life was dedicated to public safety in Collier County, Florida, passed away August 22 at a Cape Cod, Massachusetts, hospital after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Max Thwaits III, the Essex County (New York) emergency services director, passed away September 19. Thwaits, of Au Sable Forks, was 40. He was a member of the APCO Atlantic Chapter.
APCO Life Member RoxAnn Brown passed away July 27 in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. She was retired from public safety communications and had been active in APCO before retirement. Services are pending.
