Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JANUARY 1, 1931 January 1, 1931 ************************************************ 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: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net January 9, 2007, 3:57 pm The Cleburne News January 1, 1931 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for JANUARY 1, 1931 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, JANUARY 1, 1931 PINHOOK News Mrs. Emma Harris of Rockmart, Ga., is spending a few days with Mrs. Sarah Dunn and Ella Pesnell. ---- Mrs. Grover Pesnell of Talladega is spending a few days at home. --- MRS. BEASON'S FATHER PASSES Friends of Mrs. J.T. Beason deeply sympathize with her and the family in the death of her father, Mr. J.H. Simpson, who passed away at his home at Fyffe, Ala., Dec. 27th at the age of 67 years. Mr. Simpson had been in failing health for quite a while. Mrs. Beason was with her father when the end came. Surviving are six daughters and a son and are: Mrs. S.B. Denham of Fort Payne Miss Lena Simpson of Birmingham Mrs. J.T. Beason of Heflin Mrs. D.A. Campbell of Fyffe Mrs. A.D. Freeman of Mobile Miss Gladys and Mr. Roy Simpson of Fyffe Mr. Simpson was bornin Georgia and moved to DeKalb county, Alabama when a young man. He had been a member of the Baptist church for 20 years. His companion also survives him. Funeral and burial services were at Fyffe, dec. 28, the Rev. Melvin Johnson officiating. ---- CLEBURNE MAN FATALLY SHOT DURING BATTLE W.J. Nolen, L.E. McCormick and J.O. Yarbrough were being held in the Cleburne County jail here today in connection with the fatal shooting late Monday afternoon, Dec. 22, of R.C. Franklin. Nolen, McCormick and Franklin are all sons-in-law of Yarbrough, and Sheriff Rowell who is investigating said he thought the altercation started over family matters. The four men met near Yarbrough's home late Monday afternoon, all heavily armed and after words had passed between them, gun play was started. More than two dozen shots were exchanged before Franklin fell mortally wounded. It was said he rose and walked about 100 feet after being shot. Franklin's body was taken to his home which is near the Yarbrough residence. All four of the men concerned lived near each other in a small community in the southeastern part of Cleburne county. The men held in jail here refused to make any statement of the affair. Sheriff Rowell and his deputies today were conducting an investigation. ------ DAVID KNIGHT PASSES After an illness of long duration, David Knight, 68, passed away at his home in south Cleburne last week. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at upper Cane Creek, Rev. J.W. Grubbs in charge of funeral services. Ten children survive. ----- NOTE: The newspaper issues of JANUARY 8th thru JANUARY 29th and FEBRUARY through AUGUST 1931 were NOT filmed for this microfilm roll. --------------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1255gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb