Fourteen years ago, Joe Upchurch decided to honor the memory of a man many considered the county’s top deputy. W. Roger Latham, chief deputy at the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) at the time, died suddenly on April 23, 1997. “Roger was a prince of a fellow, with extended family throughout the county,” Upchurch said during a recent interview in Sheriff Jim Matthew’s office at KCSO headquarters.