Fayette-Spalding County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cora Bell Huckaby Dunn June 30 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: dawn hill dawnlfdp@yahoo.com June 20, 2003, 9:48 pm Griffin Daily News and Sun, July 2, 1917 Farm Hand Is Charged With Murder Woman Mrs. L.A. Dunn Dies at Her Home Near Woolsey From Wounds Inflicted, It Is Alleged, By Ed Padgett. Beaten With Ball Bat Thursday Afternoon Her Death Occurred Saturday Noon and Man Charged With Killing In Rushed to Atlanta Jail for Safe Keeping. Brooks, Ga., July 2. -- Mrs. L. A. Dunn died at her home near Woolsey Saturday at noon from wounds inflicted, it is alleged, by Ed Padgett in a difficulty which occurred Thursday afternoon. Padgett was a farm hand on Dunn plantation, and according to the best information obtainable, had a dispute with one of the Dunn boys over a plow, which, it is alleged, he went to the field and took from the boys, later going to the house where Mrs. Dunn was engaged in her household duties and attacking her with a baseball bat. Mrs. Wilbur Dunn was present and endeavored to prevent the difficulty, but could not do so. Excitement ran high in Fayette county Saturday and Saturday night, and Padgett was carried from the Fayetteville jail to the Atlanta jail to prevent any trouble that might arise. The remains of Mrs. Dunn were laid to rest at White Water cemetery Sunday afternoon, the obsequies being conducted by J.F. Norton, of Griffin. As the body lay in state at the church it was viewed by some 800 people, who attended the funeral services as a last respect to the memory of the deceased. Mrs. Dunn is survived by her husband and six small children. She was a sister of N. D. Huckaby, of Brooks, O.R. Huckaby, of Birdie, Spalding county, A.L. Huckaby, of LaGrange, and Mrs. William Turner, of Fayette. She also leaves other relatives and a large circle of friends. Padgett has a wife and several small children. A coroner's jury held an inquest over the body of Mrs. Dunn and ordered Padgett held on a charge of murder. Additional Comments: 1 Erastus A Huckaby b: June 1848 d: March 06, 1912 +Mary L Fornby b: September 17, 1845 d: Bef. November 26, 1915 2 Nora A Huckaby b: September 20, 1874 d: June 15, 1875 2 Noah Damacus Huckaby b: May 02, 1875 d: April 16, 1947 +Alice Jones b: March 08, 1878 d: November 24, 1955 2 Alma Estelle Huckaby b: December 1877 d: August 05, 1949 +William Martin Turner b: 1867 d: November 23, 1947 2 Cora Bell Huckaby b: May 16, 1882 d: June 30, 1917 +Lee A Dunn b: February 07, 1880 d: February 17, 1960 2 Otis R Huckaby b: March 16, 1883 d: March 06, 1971 +Tommie L Hatton b: October 27, 1883 d: December 07, 1958 2 Augustus L Huckaby b: July 1885 +Sallie Belle Rivers b: 1890 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb