Greenville Co. highway renamed for state trooper killed while on duty
According to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, the SC Highway Patrol held a dedication ceremony on Friday dedicated part of SC-183 between Sulphur Springs Road and Ridge Road to Albert T. Sealy Jr., a highway patrol trooper who died in the line of duty in 1950.
As part of the dedication, the state unveiled and installed signs dedicating the stretch of highway as the SCHP Patrolman Albert T. Sealy Jr. Memorial Highway.
According to the Department of Public Safety, Sealey was on duty in Greenville County on Ocotober 5, 1950 when he crashed into a tanker truck during a pursuit. He died at the scene, making him the 14th South Carolina state trooper to die while on duty.
'Patrolman Albert Sealy Jr. served with honor and distinction, and today's ceremony and dedication will cement his service, sacrifice, and memory in Greenville County,' SCDPS Director Robert G. Woods IV, said. 'And while we can never repay the families of these fallen troopers for their sacrifices through the years, small acts like this one today are just one way of saying, 'We have not forgotten, and will not forget.''
Born in Lancaster in 1927, Sealey served in the Navy during World War II, then joined the highway patrol in 1948.
He was buried at the Lancaster Memorial Park in Lancaster, and was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame in 1986.
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