Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Camp, Robert J. April 12, 1950
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Roanoke Leader
Mr. Robert Jefferson Camp of Rt. 1 Newell, age 61, died Wednesday, April 12, at 
4 p. m. His death resulted from his being shot with a rifle by a young Negro 
tenant farmer, James Sterling, who afterward gave himself up to Sheriff T. G. 
Kirby. The incident occurred at Coles Old Mill in the northern part of the 
county.  Mr. Camp was 61 years old and a native of Randolph County. He was the 
son of the late Mr. C. D. Camp and Mrs. Missouri Bowen Camp. He was a successful 
farmer and merchant of the Morrisons Crossroads community and was very active in 
political and community life. Mr. Camp was a Mason and a member of the Baptist 
Church. Funeral services were held from the Antioch Church at 2 o'clock. Friday, 
April 14. The Reverends B. W. Mathews and Monroe Wiggins were the officiating 
ministers. The active pallbearers were Grover Payne, Warren Meadows, Tom Hester, 
Shell Reaves, Hand-ley Lovvorn, and Jesse Nelson. Interment was in the church 
cemetery under the direction of Quattlebaum's Funeral Home. Mr. Camp is survived 
by his wife, Mrs. Mabelle Payne Camp; six daughters: Mrs. J. O. Chaffin of 
Piedmont, Ala., Mrs. G. M. Chaffin of LaGrange, Mrs. Woodrow McLeod of Newell, 
Mrs. Robert C. Cofield of Anniston, Mrs. A. B. Hollingsworth of Auburn, and Mrs. 
Rudolph Haynes of Newell; ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one 
brother, W. J. Camp of Bowdon, Ga: and one sister, Mrs. Johnny Johnston of 
Newell. A second sister, Mrs. Joe Dennis of Eclectic, died suddenly of a heart 
attack Thursday day afternoon.

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