Patrolman Horace D. Elliott

Patrolman Elliott is my maternal grandfather. He died when my mother was 11 months old. He had two sons who were 11 and 15 when he died. My grandmother received $9 a month pension from the police dept. When my mother got a little older, she remembered riding a bus from the westside to the police headquarters every month to collect her $5 bill and two $2 bills.
I have been going to the Police Memorial for several years. I am usually the first family member to put a carnation on the wreath or light a candle during the ceremony. No other earlier deceased officers have any one there to represent them.

Dorance Hornsby
Granddaughter

February 5, 2026