Obituaries: "Willis surname only"; Winn, Louisiana
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List of names in this file:
Lee Willis
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Submitter: Greggory E. Davies
Date: 20 June 2004
Source: Winnfield News-American
August 27, 1937
Woman Being Held Without Bail For Death of Father
Mrs. Jack Hogg, Recent Local Resident, Charged With Slaying
Mrs. Jack Hogg, age 24, a recent resident of Winnfield, is being
held in the Jackson Parish jail at Jonesboro without bail on the
charge of slaying her father, Lee Willis, on Sunday, August 22.
According to information given out by Sheriff Neil Thomas, Willis
was shot through the heart during a family quarrel and died almost
instantly. The sheriff said the trouble ... to Willis' alleged
abuse of his wife.
Information given the sheriff's office by witnesses stated that
Mrs. Hogg's 17 year old brother left home several days ago because
of ill treatment accorded him and his mother and went to live with
his sister, Mrs. Hogg.
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