KQKI News has learned that Traci-Tierney Ponder, the former St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer, has passed away after a lengthy illness.
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office paid tribute to Ponder,
“𝖨𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨 𝖺𝗆 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖯𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝖨𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖮𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗋, 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗂 𝖳𝗂𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗒-𝖯𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌.
𝖶𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗂’𝗌 𝗁𝗎𝗌𝖻𝖺𝗇𝖽, 𝖩𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗂 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒.
𝖳𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖯𝖨𝖮 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝖬𝖯𝖲𝖮. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗍 𝖪𝖶𝖡𝖩 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝖬𝖯𝖲𝖮. 𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝖯𝖨𝖮 𝗂𝗇 𝖡𝗈𝗌𝗌𝗂𝖾𝗋 𝖢𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖫𝖠. 𝖥𝗈𝗋 𝗎𝗌, 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝖬𝖯𝖲𝖮 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗁 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝗂𝖺𝗇𝖺. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗌𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒. 𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝗒𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗉𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌.”
