Community to honor the life and service of Investigator William ‘Alden’ Elliott Thursday
(QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Family, friends, law enforcement, and the community will come together on Thursday to honor the life and service of fallen Investigator William ‘Alden’ Elliott.
A memorial service with military honors to celebrate Elliott’s life will be held on Thursday, May 9, at 6 p.m. at the Tarlton Complex on the campus of Catawba Valley Community College.
A procession transporting the Elliott family will leave Bennett Funeral Home at 4:30 p.m. and will travel west along Highway 70 from Conover to Catawba Valley Community College.
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The Elliott family is inviting all members of the community to pay their respects as the procession travels along Highway 70, authorities said.
Elliott served as a Department of Corrections officer for 14 years starting as a probation and parole officer. He then became a member of the Special Operations and Intelligence Unit assigned to the U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Elliott was one of four law enforcement officers killed on April 29 when a US Marshals Task Force Unit attempted to serve a warrant on Terry Hughes, Jr, at a home in east Charlotte. Armed with an AR-15 rifle and a handgun, officers came under fire immediately and four officers were fatally wounded. Hughes later exited the front, continuing to shoot, and was fatally shot by officers.
Elliott’s son writes heartbreaking obituary
William “Alden” Elliott Obituary | June 2, 1977 – April 29, 2024
My daddy is a hero.
He died getting the bad guys, that’s what he was good at.
He is a Marine.
He is a Police Officer.
He is kind and patient.
He keeps my mom and I safe.
He is my daddy; the best daddy.
We love playing video games together. He really likes Mario, Zelda, and Metroid Return of Samus.
We collect Pokemon cards. I have a Charizard that he helped me get graded.
He and I have watched every Star Wars movie and series.
My daddy loves playing and watching baseball. His favorite team is the Dodgers.
He is an expert marksman, perfect score every time.
For my 12th birthday he bought me a dirt bike. He bought himself one too, so that we could ride together.
I will learn how to ride it and we will ride together one day, Daddy.
He was the best man I will ever know.
And I hope to be just like him.
THEO, WILLIAM ELLIOTT’S SON
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