Grieving family comforted by outpouring of support from TCSO, community

Posted on October 14, 2022

From an early age, Luke Weldon Bayley displayed a heart filled with compassion and a desire to serve others.

Those traits led him to pursue a career in law enforcement, taking the first step by joining the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) as a corrections officer at the county jail earlier this year.

He was looking forward to becoming a patrol deputy at the beginning of 2023.

However, those dreams were cut short when Bayley lost his life in a motorcycle crash on Sunday, Sept. 25. He was just 21 years old.

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