Late Corrections Officer’s Badge Retired

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Friends, family, and coworkers of the late Stacy Fowler gathered at the Corner Market Antiques and Gifts in Mount Vernon for the retirement ceremony of Fowler’s badge on October 27. As attendees gathered at the shop, owned by Fowler’s brother, stories filled the room of memories with the officer. “The corrections officers you see here are all officers who worked shifts with Stacy,” Captain Elizabeth Scott told the Fowler family. “We promised you at the funeral that we would always be here and would always be a family, so here we are.”

“On behalf of Montgomery State Prison, we have retired Stacy’s badge, and want to give you this,” Warden Tamela Brown told Fowler’s parents, handing them a framed memorabilia of Fowler’s badge. “We sure do miss her.”

Fowler’s parents commented on the emotional occasion. “We appreciate all of you, and we love this so much,” her mother Opal Dean Fowler said.

The corrections officer was killed in a tragic car accident this past May. Since her death, the prison employees say she has been thoroughly missed by all, including inmates.