Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Lumpkin, Dickerson G.  August 15, 1907
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Lineville Headlight
Just as we were going to press this (Thursday) afternoon, the details of a 
homicide which occurred four miles northeast of Lineville reach us. Joe T. Smith 
killed his father-in-law Rev. Robert Lumpkin near the home of Verner White. Both 
parties were in Lineville an hour before the homicide. This terrible affair 
occurred over a dog. It is said that Joe Smith had sold Mr. Lumpkin's dog to a 
negro for $10.00 and there had been some feeling over the matter. When Joe Smith 
left town Mr. Lumpkin followed him with a shot gun accompanied by his son. The 
two overtook Smith near the home of Verner White and after some talk between 
Lumpkin and Smith. the latter shot the former four times with a pistol killing 
him.

Additional Comments:
There is a typo in the newspapers article. It is Rev. Dickerson G. Lumpkin not
Rev. Robert Lumpkin. 

Clay County Marriages: 
J. [Joseph] T. SMITH to S. [Samantha] L. LUMPKIN on January 10, 1895, by C. A. 
Moore, JP, at D. G. Lumpkins. Bond: J. T. Smith and D. G. Lumpkin.

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