{"id":269599,"date":"2026-04-28T10:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/269599\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:36:21","slug":"sgt-mark-butler-honored-at-texas-peace-officers-memorial-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/269599\/","title":{"rendered":"Sgt. Mark Butler honored at Texas Peace Officers\u2019 Memorial ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; Sgt. Mark Butler with the Navasota Police Department was honored by Gov. Greg Abbott at the Texas Peace Officers\u2019 Memorial ceremony on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Butler was killed in the line of duty on Jan. 15, 2025, after using his patrol vehicle to stop a wrong-way driver on Highway 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cButler\u2019s instincts, his positioning, his known sacrifice saved the lives of all the motorists around him. That is more than duty. That is devotion. The type of devotion shared and shown by every person we recognize tonight.\u201d said Governor Greg Abbott.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2025\/01\/16\/bryan-family-credits-heroic-sacrifice-navasota-officer-saving-lives-highway-6\/ \" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2025\/01\/16\/bryan-family-credits-heroic-sacrifice-navasota-officer-saving-lives-highway-6\/ \">Bryan family credits heroic sacrifice of Navasota officer for saving lives on Highway 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Twenty-five fallen officers and five historically fallen officers were honored at the 2026 Texas Peace Officers\u2019 Memorial at the memorial monument on the capitol grounds in Austin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Abbott awarded the Texas Medal of Honor to a family member of each of the officers who died in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The following officers were honored:<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Micheal V. Floyd: Harris County Constable\u2019s Office \u2013 Precinct 4Detention Officer Robert Perez: Harris County Sheriff\u2019s OfficeDeputy John L. Badeaux, Sr.: Orange County Sheriff\u2019s OfficeDeputy Shaun Christopher Waters: Harris County Sheriff\u2019s OfficeDeputy Arthur St. John: Harris County Constable\u2019s Office \u2013 Precinct 1Parole Officer Huey Pearce Prymus, III: Texas Department of Criminal JusticeCorrectional Officer Codie Whitley-Turner: Texas Department of Criminal JusticeSenior Officer Eric Lindsey: Austin Police DepartmentCorporal Mike E. Sanchez, Jr.: Amarillo Police DepartmentOfficer Ramiro Perez, III: Shallowater Police DepartmentCorrectional Officer Kay W. Zeger, Jr.: Texas Department of Criminal JusticeOfficer Bryan Daniel Holley: Hudson ISD Police DepartmentDeputy Bryan \u201cBrad\u201d Sweetman: Harris County Sheriff\u2019s OfficeAssistant Chief Kevin L. Palmer: North Richland Hills Police DepartmentBorder Patrol Agent Jesus Anaya: U.S. Department of Homeland Security \u2013 Customs and Border ProtectionCadet Michelle Strube: Texas Department of Criminal JusticeCorporal Maher Khalil Husseini: Harris County Constable\u2019s Office \u2013 Precinct 4Officer Gabriel A. Bixby: Dallas Police DepartmentSergeant Mark Allen Butler: Navasota Police DepartmentDeputy Melissa L. Pollard: Wood County Sheriff\u2019s OfficeDeputy Jessie R. Perez: Dawson County Sheriff\u2019s OfficeSergeant Jonathan D. \u201cJ.D.\u201d White: Angleton Police DepartmentTrooper Jerry Wayne Adamick, Jr.: Texas Department of Public Safety<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KBTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; Sgt. Mark Butler with the Navasota Police Department was honored by Gov. 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