Within 24 hours of responding to a motor vehicle accident with the South Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department, Captain Wayne O'Neal Jeffers, 64, passed away on March 16, 2014 from a nature and cause of fatal injury still to be reported.
Wayne O'Neal Jeffers is survived by his Wife Lisa Jeffers, daughters Cynthia (Joe) Hodges, Peggy (Jesse) Oglesby, Natasha (Shane) Petty, his sons John (Jaimie) Padget, Christopher Jeffers, his grandchildren Alex Hodges, Gus Hodges, Anne-Ware Knochemus, Patrick Knochemus, Destiny, Hannah, Judah and Micah Petty, Blake, Brittany and Bailey Padget, his father-in-law Johnny Nobles, brothers Mike (Wanda) Jeffers, Chuck (Lori) Jeffers, a sister Vivian (Dennis) Harrison
To date, 29 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2014. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Fatality Notices page.