Nine days after he was killed trying to stop a vehicle being pursued by deputies in a high-speed chase, family and friends packed a venue in Slidell to remember the life of St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Sgt. Grant Candies, offering an affectionate farewell to the popular law enforcement officer during a somber but hopeful ceremony.
The service drew hundreds of uniformed law enforcement officers to the Northshore Harbor Center, who joined with friends and family to remember the life of Candies, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, husband and father to two children.
Former Marine Corps and Sheriff’s Office colleagues recalled a reliable friend and co-worker, supportive mentor and a devoted father, husband and son — someone who took his job and commitments seriously, but did so with a good sense of humor.
“If every there was someone in this profession for all the right reasons, it was Grant,” said John Thornhill, a detective with the Sheriff’s Office…