Sheriff Hermes dies after long career

Commissioners to appoint replacement
  • GENE HERMES was sworn in as sheriff by Burleson County Judge Keith Schroeder for the second time on Jan. 1, 2025.
    GENE HERMES was sworn in as sheriff by Burleson County Judge Keith Schroeder for the second time on Jan. 1, 2025.
  • GENE HERMES served as Burleson County Sheriff for five years. Hermes died on Saturday, May 31, after a long career in law enforcement.
    GENE HERMES served as Burleson County Sheriff for five years. Hermes died on Saturday, May 31, after a long career in law enforcement.

    Burleson County Sheriff Gene Hermes died on Saturday, May 31, after a long battle with cancer, and Burleson County Commissioners will select a replacement.

    The loss was sobering for all of the county’s law officers, who remembered the sheriff as modest and low-key but firm and unwavering in ethical standards gleaned from decades of prior service in multiple roles as a Burleson and Lee County deputy…