Obituary for Elbert Cephus Arnett, 1911, Randolph, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/ecarnett.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb Project policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ALGenWeb Archives File Manager Carolyn Golowka, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by William Fischer, Jr. March 2001 E. C. ARNETT KILLED IN LAGRANGE SATURDAY ---------------------------- LaGrange, Ga., August 6, -- Dying within ten minutes after he had been shot in the back, E. C. [Elbert Cephus] (Doc) ARNETT [10 Feb 1871--5 Aug 1911], aged 43 [incorrect] years, in an ante-mortem statement accused a negro [sic] of having killed him and named robbery as the motive. ARNETT, about ten o’clock Saturday night left Callaway’s department store where he was employed on Saturdays and was within 150 yards of his home when an unknown person attacked and shot him. Neighbors, hearing the shot, rushed to the scene and ARNETT was carried to his home, which is among the operatives’ homes near the Unity Cotton mills. Because of loss of blood, ARNETT was unable to disclose the identity of his assailant. In attempting to do so his life ebbed away and death sealed his lips forever. Although Chief of Police REID and his men, as well as Sheriff O. H. FLORENCE, have been searching all day for ARNETT’s slayer, no positive clue has been obtained. Several negroes [sic] are under suspicion but no arrests have been made. ARNETT was employed in the Unity Cotton mills, as were a number of his family of five children, who, with his wife [E. A. GLADNEY ARNETT], survive the murdered man. ARNETT is not known to have had any enemies among the negroes [sic], although it is suspected that he met with some bad characters in passing on his way home a tent show, which had closed its Saturday night performance. The above special is from the Atlanta Constitution and will be read with interest and sorrow by many in this town [Roanoke] and section, where the deceased spent most of his life, and where he has many friends and relatives. He married a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. GLADNEY. The remains were brought to Salem [Primitive Baptist] Church, in Bacon Level beat, Monday for interment. Many sympathetic friends attended the funeral services. [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 9 Aug 1911, p.1] [A son, Cephas ARNETT, 7 Oct 1906--26 Jul 1907, is also interred at Salem Church]