Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries William M. Griner 1914

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Obituary of William M. Griner 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 13 Nov 1914.  


Camilla, Georgia.  
Deputy Sheriff Will Griner was shot and instantly killed 
by a negro named Fleming Jackson, on the J. J. Sapp plantation last Tuesday, 10 Nov 
1914, night.  It happened when the deputy tried to serve a warrant for arrest due to the 
individual stealing a cow in Poulan, Ga.  The funeral of Deputy Sheriff Will Griner 
occurred at Mt. Zion Baptist Church about four miles east of Camilla, on Wednesday, 11 
Nov 1914, afternoon attended by a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives.  The 
services were conducted by Rev H. N. Burnett, assisted by Rev O. P. Bentley of this city.  
Mr. Griner leaves a wife and three children to mourn his untimely death.  Mrs. Griner 
was formerly Miss Dolly Shiver, the only daughter of the late Fulton Shiver of this city.  
The oldest of their children is only eight years of age.  Mr. Griner was a son of J. J> 
Griner, and has two brothers and two sisters surviving him, being Sam and Charlie Griner 
and Mrs. Eliza Luckey and Mrs. Mary Brooks, all of this county.  Will Griner was only 
thirty years of age, a manly man and an efficient and kindly officer.  In making arrests 
and executing civil papers he always made friends for himself and the Sheriff's office by 
his respectful dealing with prisoners and defendants in carrying out the processes of the 
law.  He was the sheriff's chief deputy for several years, and was popular and well loved 
wherever he was known.  The County officers and lawyers of the city feel keenly the loss 
of this efficient officer and lovable companion.