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Kingsley, James Harrson (Harrison)
7 Jan 1899 W
Lee MS
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J.H. KINGSLEY IS KILLED BY GUN WOUND
Auburn Man Shot In Head; Body Found In Front Yard
J.H. Kingsley, resident of the Auburn community northeast
of Tupelo, was found shot to death in the yard of his home last night about
8 o'clock.
Whether the shooting was accidental could not be
immediately learned. Sheriff Will Inmon, notified of the shooting,
left Tupelo shortly before midnight for the Kingsley home and early this
morning he had not returned with the results of the inquest.
Mr. Kingsley's head was reported to have been blown
almost off by the discharge of the shotgun at close range. He was
found dead near an old stump about 30 feet from his front porch.
Mrs. Kingsley retired about 8 o'clock. A few
minutes later Mr. Kingsley was heard by their small son going out into
the yard. He was seen to have a gun and the child, according to Sheriff
Inman, said he believed his father was going out into the yard to kill
a dog.
Then the shot rang out and the family found Mr.
Kingsley dead when they arrived. Since his body was lying at the
foot of the stump it was considered possible, pending a report from the
inquest, that he had stumbled over the stump, accidently discharging the
gun when he fell.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete early today
pending arrival of a brother from Indiana. Pegues will be in charge
of arrangements.
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Mrs. Beatrice Taylor Dies
Will Hold Rites At Priceville
Mrs. Beatrice Kingsley Taylor died at the home of
her son, Carl Kingsley, at 4 Thursday afternoon of cancer. She was
57.
Services will be held at the Priceville Baptist
Church at 11 Saturday morning. Don Rudd, Church of Christ minister
of Old Hickory, Tenn., will officiate. Burial will be in Priceville
Cemetery with Spain Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Taylor was born in the Auburn community of
Lee County. She had lived for the past few years with her son, Carl
Kingsley.
She was a member of the Fulton Church of Christ.
She leaves five sons, Carl Kingsley, Trice Kingsley,
Doug Kingsley, J.C. Kingsley, all of Tupelo, and James Harold Kingsley,
of Fort Wayne, Ind.; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Holloway of Tupelo,
Mrs. Mary Francis Carr of Columbia, S.C., and Mrs. J.O. Wright of Riverside,
Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. W.H. Dell and Mrs. Avie Garrett, both of Tupelo,
and 13 grandchildren.
Carl Raymond Kingsley
(md. Marjorie Katherine Tucker)
Carl has three children and lives in Tupelo.
Trice Edward Kingsley
(md. Hazel Irene McCrory)
Trice has one daughter and still lives in Tupelo.
James Harold Kingsley
(md. Merline Davis)
James Harold had one child and lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Dorothy Sue Kingsley
(md. Dolivar Douglas Holloway)
Sue has three children, living in Nashville for more than forty years,
but has moved back to Tupelo.
Mary Frances Kingsley
(md. Robert Hoyle Carr)
Mary Frances has six children and lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
Geraldine "Gerry" Kingsley
(md. Bobby Patton and Don Wilson)
Gerry still lives in Lee County, in the Macedonia community.
William Douglas Kingsley
(md. ?)
William Douglas has three children and lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
John Coatland Kingsley
(md. Russell Carnathan)
John Coatland had three children and lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
where he died in 1978 at the age of 36.