Obituary of William Anderson Smith, Cherokee, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cherokee/obits/wasmith.txt =============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Edna Sterphens ================================================================================= September 1999 William "Will" Anderson Smith, News reached Centre Monday of the killing of Bill Smith, of Bluffton, at Borden Springs, Cleburne County, Ala., last Sunday. A special from Borden Springs says: William A. Smith was shot and killed by Will Chandler after being made to kneel and pray before a crowd. Dave Chandler, a brother of Will, felled Smith with a stone and then Will shot him. (Cherokee Harmonize, Centre AL., August 20, 1908) NOTE: Buried at Salem Baptist Church in Cherokee County, AL.