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Roanoke Rapids Herald in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1939

Page

14

Virginia family tragedy shocks Southampton County

Three dead in a Monday killings near Branchville Virginia as tenant farmer William Johnson shot his wife Callie Johnson and four year old daughter Shirley before turning the gun on himself. Sheriff T B Bell and Commonwealth's Attorney Junius W Pulley called it a family feud with Johnson 30 and his wife 27.

Southampton County Virginia William Johnson Reuben Smith Branchville Mr. Johnson Roanoke Rapids Hugh Johnson Henry St Jack Story Grover Ricks Madison St Tom Manry Johnson Johnson Farm Kindred Callie Johnson Shirley T. B. Bell Commonwealth Junius W. Pulley Bell Pulley William Johnson, Jr Thomas Worrell

Weldon Lions Club Halloween Dance Sponsored

The Weldon Lions Club sponsors a Halloween dance in Wel don at the Community Center on Tuesday night October 31. Jimmie Gunn and his Serenaders are to perform, a top South regional orchestra drawing local enthusiasm. R I Starke visits in Washington DC. Mr and Mrs M H Hedgepeth and Miss Doris Hedgepeth attend the Raleigh Fair.

Weldon Jimmie Gunn R. I. Starke

Edna Louise Barnhill Weds Henry Harvey James in Fredericksburg

Announcement of Edna Louise Barnhill marrying Henry Harvey James Jp in Fredericksburg Virginia on October 2 1939. The couple will reside at 900 Trade Street Tarboro North Carolina with Jp officiating.

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