"The LaFayette Sun" - August 26, 1942:
BILL FOSTER TAKES LIFE OF L. T. FETNER IN BEAT FOUR.
SHOTGUN USED IN KILLING LAST MONDAY MORNING: MOTIVE UNKNOWN.
Lovic T. (Bud) Fetner, age 56, resident of Beat 4, was killed near his home last Monday morning about 7:30 by Milford M. (Bill) Foster, age about 45, his neighbor for a number of years. Fetner died after he was shot three times with a double-barrell shotgun. The shooting occurred in the road near the home of W. L. Harmon, Fetner's father-in-law, who lived a short distance down the road from Fetner. According to local officers who arrested Foster shortly after the tragedy, the trouble that existed between the two men was not known. Foster lived only a short distance from Fetner and was arrested at his home just after the shooting.
According to information given The Sun, Fetner, a widower, had been down to the Harmon home to get breakfast, and was fixing a flat tire on his car in the road near the Harmon home when Foster approached him and began shooting. Three charges from the gun entered Fetner'Ssbody.
Foster was brought to the Chambers County jail and lodged on a charge of murder, pending a preliminary trial.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Pleasant Grove Christian Church with the Rev. Roy Walker conducting. Burial was in Macedonia Cemetery with Cutler in charge.
Surviving are one brother, Will Fetner; three sisters: Mrs. John Irvin, Mrs. Lee McClure, and Mrs. Criss Jones.
Pallbearers were Roy Harmon, W. G. Harmon, George Fetner, Alfred McClure, Edwin Abernathy, and Arnold Harmon.
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BILL FOSTER TAKES LIFE OF L. T. FETNER IN BEAT FOUR.
SHOTGUN USED IN KILLING LAST MONDAY MORNING: MOTIVE UNKNOWN.
Lovic T. (Bud) Fetner, age 56, resident of Beat 4, was killed near his home last Monday morning about 7:30 by Milford M. (Bill) Foster, age about 45, his neighbor for a number of years. Fetner died after he was shot three times with a double-barrell shotgun. The shooting occurred in the road near the home of W. L. Harmon, Fetner's father-in-law, who lived a short distance down the road from Fetner. According to local officers who arrested Foster shortly after the tragedy, the trouble that existed between the two men was not known. Foster lived only a short distance from Fetner and was arrested at his home just after the shooting.
According to information given The Sun, Fetner, a widower, had been down to the Harmon home to get breakfast, and was fixing a flat tire on his car in the road near the Harmon home when Foster approached him and began shooting. Three charges from the gun entered Fetner'Ssbody.
Foster was brought to the Chambers County jail and lodged on a charge of murder, pending a preliminary trial.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Pleasant Grove Christian Church with the Rev. Roy Walker conducting. Burial was in Macedonia Cemetery with Cutler in charge.
Surviving are one brother, Will Fetner; three sisters: Mrs. John Irvin, Mrs. Lee McClure, and Mrs. Criss Jones.
Pallbearers were Roy Harmon, W. G. Harmon, George Fetner, Alfred McClure, Edwin Abernathy, and Arnold Harmon.
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"The LaFayette Sun" - August 26, 1942:
BILL FOSTER TAKES LIFE OF L. T. FETNER IN BEAT FOUR.
SHOTGUN USED IN KILLING LAST MONDAY MORNING: MOTIVE UNKNOWN.
Lovic T. (Bud) Fetner, age 56, resident of Beat 4, was killed near his home last Monday morning about 7:30 by Milford M. (Bill) Foster, age about 45, his neighbor for a number of years. Fetner died after he was shot three times with a double-barrell shotgun. The shooting occurred in the road near the home of W. L. Harmon, Fetner's father-in-law, who lived a short distance down the road from Fetner. According to local officers who arrested Foster shortly after the tragedy, the trouble that existed between the two men was not known. Foster lived only a short distance from Fetner and was arrested at his home just after the shooting.
According to information given The Sun, Fetner, a widower, had been down to the Harmon home to get breakfast, and was fixing a flat tire on his car in the road near the Harmon home when Foster approached him and began shooting. Three charges from the gun entered Fetner'Ssbody.
Foster was brought to the Chambers County jail and lodged on a charge of murder, pending a preliminary trial.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Pleasant Grove Christian Church with the Rev. Roy Walker conducting. Burial was in Macedonia Cemetery with Cutler in charge.
Surviving are one brother, Will Fetner; three sisters: Mrs. John Irvin, Mrs. Lee McClure, and Mrs. Criss Jones.
Pallbearers were Roy Harmon, W. G. Harmon, George Fetner, Alfred McClure, Edwin Abernathy, and Arnold Harmon.
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BILL FOSTER TAKES LIFE OF L. T. FETNER IN BEAT FOUR.
SHOTGUN USED IN KILLING LAST MONDAY MORNING: MOTIVE UNKNOWN.
Lovic T. (Bud) Fetner, age 56, resident of Beat 4, was killed near his home last Monday morning about 7:30 by Milford M. (Bill) Foster, age about 45, his neighbor for a number of years. Fetner died after he was shot three times with a double-barrell shotgun. The shooting occurred in the road near the home of W. L. Harmon, Fetner's father-in-law, who lived a short distance down the road from Fetner. According to local officers who arrested Foster shortly after the tragedy, the trouble that existed between the two men was not known. Foster lived only a short distance from Fetner and was arrested at his home just after the shooting.
According to information given The Sun, Fetner, a widower, had been down to the Harmon home to get breakfast, and was fixing a flat tire on his car in the road near the Harmon home when Foster approached him and began shooting. Three charges from the gun entered Fetner'Ssbody.
Foster was brought to the Chambers County jail and lodged on a charge of murder, pending a preliminary trial.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Pleasant Grove Christian Church with the Rev. Roy Walker conducting. Burial was in Macedonia Cemetery with Cutler in charge.
Surviving are one brother, Will Fetner; three sisters: Mrs. John Irvin, Mrs. Lee McClure, and Mrs. Criss Jones.
Pallbearers were Roy Harmon, W. G. Harmon, George Fetner, Alfred McClure, Edwin Abernathy, and Arnold Harmon.
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