Trooper George Danny Nash, Jr. was 23 and had been with the Mississippi Highway Patrol about three months when he was killed during a traffic stop on February 4, 1983. Assigned to Troop M in Brookhaven after previously serving as a radio operator for Troop J in Hattiesburg, he stopped a car on Highway 84 for speeding. The vehicle, later determined to be stolen, contained two escaped convicts from a Georgia jail.

As Trooper Nash approached the car he was shot in the chest at point-blank range; although wearing a bulletproof vest, the impact caused him to fall back toward his patrol car. One of the occupants then exited, walked over to the fallen trooper, and shot him in the head. A passing civilian later found Trooper Nash lying in front of his patrol car with his service weapon still in its holster.

The two suspects fled, prompting a manhunt. They were captured in May 1983—one in Jackson, Tennessee, the other in Hardin County, Kentucky—and were later convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. A section of Highway 84 in Franklin County was dedicated in his memory.

If anyone knew Trooper Nash or has information about his final assignment or the dedication on Highway 84, please share what is known.