Highway dedicated to fallen Agriculture law officer

Austin D. Gay, family honored at unveiling ceremony Friday.

  • Teresa Register (from left) stands with her brothers Tevis Gay, Dewy Gay, State Rep. Chuck Brannan, Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter and Col. James Wiggins, Florida Director of the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, following a ceremony where a portion of U.S. Highway 441 was dedicated in honor of slain agricultural officer Austin D. Gay. The ceremony took place Friday morning at the Deep Creek Community Center. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
    Teresa Register (from left) stands with her brothers Tevis Gay, Dewy Gay, State Rep. Chuck Brannan, Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter and Col. James Wiggins, Florida Director of the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, following a ceremony where a portion of U.S. Highway 441 was dedicated in honor of slain agricultural officer Austin D. Gay. The ceremony took place Friday morning at the Deep Creek Community Center. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

    DEEP CREEK — More than four decades ago, a Florida Agricultural law enforcement officer was kidnapped from an agricultural station in the northern part of the county and killed by his captors.

    Austin D…