Randolph-Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Smith, Albert Vernon December 25, 1936
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"The Cleburne News"
Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama
 
NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, DECEMBER 31, 1936

MAN IS JAILED IN WEDOWEE IN FATAL SHOOTING;
Chrismas Party on Tallapoosa Ended in Death of A.V. Smith

Wedowee, Ala., Dec. 26 [Saturday]

Mose Hollis was reported held in Randolph county jail here tonight in 
connection with the fatal shooting of Albert Vernon Smith, age 19 of Heflin, 
during a Christmas outing on the Tallapoosa River in the Flat Rock section. 
The youth was wounded many times with a pistol, thought to have been wielded 
by Hollis during an argument Friday afternoon. The tragedy occurred near the 
junction of the county lines of Cleburne, Clay and Randolph.

The body was carried to the home of a sister, Mrs. Melton Fields at 615 King 
Avenue in Anniston.

Anniston, Ala., Dec. 28

Funeral services for Albert Vernon Smith, age 19, were conducted from the 
residence of a sister Mrs. M. L. Fields at 615 King Avenue this afternoon by 
the Rev. J.E. Stauffer. Interment was in Holly Springs cemetery. Surviving 
are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Smith of Heflin; two brothers, William L. 
of Arlington, Va., and Charles G. of Spindale, N.C.; seven sisters, Mrs. 
Bert Forsyth and Mrs. M.L. Fields of Anniston; Mrs. Omar Crawford and Mrs. 
Monroe Crawford of Spindale, N.C., Mrs. A.G. Peak of Montgomery and Misses 
Jessie Lee and Elizabeth Smith of Heflin. The Anniston Star


Additional Comments:
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 
Name: Albert V. Smith 
Death Date: Dec 1936 
Death County: Randolph  
Volume: 63  
Roll: 3  
Page #: 31159 

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