Sampson County, NC - Lee Rose Obituary

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                       Bullet Kill's Sampson Man

    Lee Rose, 50, Father of Nine, Found Dead In Corn Crib On Farm

Dunn, Nov. 2 - Lee Rose, 50-year-old father of nine children, died
this afternoon about 2 o'clock en route to Dunn Hospital as the 
result of a rifle wound in the head. City Policeman J.F. Hassell
said Mrs. Rose told him her husband had apparentyly shot himself
to death.

The shooting took place at the Rose farm home located between Dunn
and Clinton on Newton Grove, Route 2. Mrs. Rose told the officer
tht her husband worked on the farm this morning as usual and that
he came in just before lunch and told her that he was going to
feed the stock.

When she finished cooking, she related, she went to call him to
dinner but he didn't answer. She said she searched the barns and
then went into the corn crib where his body lay. A 22-calibre rifle
was at his side.

Three neighbors, Dallas King, Rexford Honeycutt and Martin B. Williford,
brought him to the Dunn hospital but he was dead on arrrival.

They said they believed he was dead when they arrived upon call of
Mrs. Rose. The bullet went into the top of the head. Mrs. Rose said 
that her husband had been in poor health.

Dr. J.S. Ayers, Sampson County coroner was notified and an investigation 
is underway.

In addition to his wife, Rose is survived by four sons, five daughters
and one brother.

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