Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Thrash, Oscar "Blake" December 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net February 7, 2007, 1:47 am "The Cleburne News" Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, DECEMBER 24, 1936 THRASH SHOT TO DEATH SUNDAY Heflin, Ala., Dec. 20 [Sunday] Blake Thrash, 25, of near Abel in Clay county, was shot to death early Sunday morning and officers of two counties were searching Sunday night for Ernest Cox, 25, to question him in connection with the shooting which followed a quarrel officers said they were told occurred. Thrash was shot in the front yard of his parents' residence. Deputies Rowell and Prestridge of Heflin joined Sheriff Dave Mayer of Ashland in the hunt for Cox. Thrash was killed with a .33 calibre revolver, the officers said. Additional Comments: Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 Name: Oscar Blake Thrash Death Date: Dec 1936 Death County: Clay Volume: 57 Roll: 3 Page #: 28107 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/clay/obits/t/thrash854gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb