The community remembered a fallen Edmond police officer.Officer C.J. Nelson touched many lives in his community. It is a devastating time for all who knew him.The people I spoke with on Wednesday said the news came as a shock. “He leaves behind a community that loves him very much,” said Jenae Judge, head coach at CrossFit 822.Now, they’re doing what they can to remember the legacy he leaves with them.”When this news got out I know that I’ve received so many calls and texts within the last 24 hours people hoping and praying the news wasn’t about him,” said Josh Attaway, Edmond campus pastor.A community is grieving the loss of the fallen officer with the Edmond Police Department. Nelson was passionate about his CrossFit community, always lending a hand to help where he could.”We used to stack our plates on the just stacked up and they would get messy and so he decided he would create a plate holder for us for all of our plates,” Judge said.He left his mark on this CrossFit community.”And then he also decided he wanted a pegboard so he went ahead and made two pegboards for us just because he was crafty and liked to build things,” Judge said.He leaves behind not just a community but a family. It is a prime example of how hard work and caring for others can take you far.”This was him several years ago. He decided that he wanted to find an old fat pic of him that’s what he used to call it, him eating ice cream and then this was probably a year ago, so yeah, we’ve had him up here on the wall for quite a while, and now he’ll be there forever,” Judge said.The same goes for his church family. Attaway said Nelson leaves behind a broken-hearted church community during this tragic time.”Every Sunday he would be one of the first faces we would see. He took the time to greet every family, the kids all loved getting to see him every Sunday,” Attaway said.Nelson provided security for the Saint Luke’s Methodist Church-Edmond campus and served as an uplifting member to everyone in the congregation.”C.J. was a true servant not only through his career and what he did with the police, but it’s just who he was as a person he was the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off of his back he would do anything for anybody that he could to help in a time of need,” Attaway said.Saint Luke’s has set up a memorial fund for the family of Nelson and the CrossFit gym will be holding a class in his honor this Saturday.
The community remembered a fallen Edmond police officer.
Officer C.J. Nelson touched many lives in his community. It is a devastating time for all who knew him.
The people I spoke with on Wednesday said the news came as a shock.
“He leaves behind a community that loves him very much,” said Jenae Judge, head coach at CrossFit 822.
Now, they’re doing what they can to remember the legacy he leaves with them.
“When this news got out I know that I’ve received so many calls and texts within the last 24 hours people hoping and praying the news wasn’t about him,” said Josh Attaway, Edmond campus pastor.
A community is grieving the loss of the fallen officer with the Edmond Police Department. Nelson was passionate about his CrossFit community, always lending a hand to help where he could.
“We used to stack our plates on the just stacked up and they would get messy and so he decided he would create a plate holder for us for all of our plates,” Judge said.
He left his mark on this CrossFit community.
“And then he also decided he wanted a pegboard so he went ahead and made two pegboards for us just because he was crafty and liked to build things,” Judge said.
He leaves behind not just a community but a family. It is a prime example of how hard work and caring for others can take you far.
“This was him several years ago. He decided that he wanted to find an old fat pic of him that’s what he used to call it, him eating ice cream and then this was probably a year ago, so yeah, we’ve had him up here on the wall for quite a while, and now he’ll be there forever,” Judge said.
The same goes for his church family. Attaway said Nelson leaves behind a broken-hearted church community during this tragic time.
“Every Sunday he would be one of the first faces we would see. He took the time to greet every family, the kids all loved getting to see him every Sunday,” Attaway said.
Nelson provided security for the Saint Luke’s Methodist Church-Edmond campus and served as an uplifting member to everyone in the congregation.
“C.J. was a true servant not only through his career and what he did with the police, but it’s just who he was as a person he was the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off of his back he would do anything for anybody that he could to help in a time of need,” Attaway said.
Saint Luke’s has set up a memorial fund for the family of Nelson and the CrossFit gym will be holding a class in his honor this Saturday.
