Carrying his badge: Daughter of fallen sergeant continues his legacy as a deputy

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - Six years after losing her father, a South Carolina deputy says she has found him again — as she wears the same badge he wore before he was killed in the line of duty.Sgt. Conley Jumper with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office was killed in the line of duty in October 2020 during a traffic stop on Interstate 85. He left behind a wife and a daughter who once planned to become a lawyer.Now, his daughter wears her father’s badge.A father who kept his two worlds separateIn her first interview since joining the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office in her father’s honor, Deputy Cat Jumper said she does not remember growing up around danger. She remembers a man in uniform arriving to catch the end of her volleyball games.“I loved seeing him — I’d be playing volleyball, and you see this big guy coming in in the same uniform. You’re like, ‘Oh, that’s my dad right there.’ You know, it’s just cool,” Cat Jumper said.For 28 years, Sgt. Conley Jumper worked Green