Funeral On Tuesday.
S. B. Gatlin was 26 years old. He had been employed at the Hardwood Lumber company's saw mill in Sandersville. Besides his wife and baby he is survived by three brothers—- Milton and W. S. in Sandersville and Lee Gatlin, of Laurel. He was a member of Breckenridge Masonic Lodge No. 309 in Sandersville and of the Royal Arch Masons in Laurel, and also belonged to the Baptist church in Sandersville, where funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
S. B. Gatlin, shot Monday afternoon at the home of his wife's people in Sandersville, died at 3 o'clock Tuesday, morning. Williamson, his father-in-law, is in jail here charged with the shooting. According to Williamson, Gatlin called at the Williamson home to get his wifes clothing. They had been separated but were recently reunited. Gatlin became involved in an argument with Mrs. Williamson and knocked her down, asserts the prisoner. Williamson interferred and says
he was knocked backward over a trunk, but, according to what the officers report of his statement, 'came up shooting."
Only one shot was fired, from a pistol, the bullet penetrating Gatlin'a breast just below the heart.
Gatlin's relatives assert it was "cold-blooded murder" and that he was shot down when he insisted on getting some of his own property out of the trunk.
Williamson, who is 45 years old, was the town marshal of Sandersville, having taken the oath of office January first. He has a wife and five children, the oldest of whom, Bonnie, being Gatlin's widow.
Samuel Bozeman Gatlin and Bonnie Williamson Gatlin Blass had one child: Homer M. Gatlin
Funeral On Tuesday.
S. B. Gatlin was 26 years old. He had been employed at the Hardwood Lumber company's saw mill in Sandersville. Besides his wife and baby he is survived by three brothers—- Milton and W. S. in Sandersville and Lee Gatlin, of Laurel. He was a member of Breckenridge Masonic Lodge No. 309 in Sandersville and of the Royal Arch Masons in Laurel, and also belonged to the Baptist church in Sandersville, where funeral services were conducted at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
S. B. Gatlin, shot Monday afternoon at the home of his wife's people in Sandersville, died at 3 o'clock Tuesday, morning. Williamson, his father-in-law, is in jail here charged with the shooting. According to Williamson, Gatlin called at the Williamson home to get his wifes clothing. They had been separated but were recently reunited. Gatlin became involved in an argument with Mrs. Williamson and knocked her down, asserts the prisoner. Williamson interferred and says
he was knocked backward over a trunk, but, according to what the officers report of his statement, 'came up shooting."
Only one shot was fired, from a pistol, the bullet penetrating Gatlin'a breast just below the heart.
Gatlin's relatives assert it was "cold-blooded murder" and that he was shot down when he insisted on getting some of his own property out of the trunk.
Williamson, who is 45 years old, was the town marshal of Sandersville, having taken the oath of office January first. He has a wife and five children, the oldest of whom, Bonnie, being Gatlin's widow.
Samuel Bozeman Gatlin and Bonnie Williamson Gatlin Blass had one child: Homer M. Gatlin
Family Members
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William Leonidus "Lee" Gatlin
1891–1937
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Maggie A Gatlin Rogers
1893–1936
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Mary Ida Gatlin McLendon Hanlon
1896–1976
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Theola Gatlin
1898–1902
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George Milton Gatlin Sr
1900–1962
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Quillie Edward Gatlin Sr
1906–1942
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Naomi Ruth Gatlin Gunn
1906–1974
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Ruby Mae Gatlin Collins
1909–1972
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Claud Gatlin
1912–1912
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Clide Gatlin
1912–1912
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