Sister, Effie Catherine FLOWERS McCall
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Clarion Ledger; 21 Sep 1957, Sat; Page 1
Marshall Kills Ex-Policeman After Threat
Coroner's Jury Decides Homicide Is Justifiable
RAYMOND - Town Marshall Dell Fairchild shot and killed a retired New York policeman here Friday night, after the man threatened the officer, witnesses said.
Tom Flowers, about 65, died instantly of three bullet wounds at 6:20 p. m., in front of his home east of Raymond.
Hinds County Chief Criminal Deputy Andy Hopkins said two witnesses, W. C. Standifer and Mrs. Flowers, testified before a coroner's jury which ruled justifiable homicide in the shooting.
Standifer told the jury, empaneled by Justice of the Peace Terry Hughes with Deputy Sheriff Raymond Bonner acting as foreman, that Flowers had threatened both him and Fairchild "several times in the past few weeks, as well as the lives of several other people".
PHONED THREAT
Two or three weeks ago, Hopkins said, Flowers allegedly held Standifer at the point of a rifle at the same spot where Flowers was shot Friday night, for some hour and 15 minutes. Standifer testified that Friday afternoon Flowers phoned him and threatened "to kill me and Fairchild".
Fairchild testified that he had passed Flowers house later on the way to see a Negro who had been hauling wood for the Marshal, and on his way back to Raymond, he saw Flowers standing by the side of the road, armed with a rifle.
Fairchild said he stopped his truck, and attempted to place Flowers under arrest. He asked Flowers "to drop the rifle", he said, and the man did so, and walked toward the truck. Nearing the Marshal's truck, Fairchild said, Flowers suddenly stooped and picked up another rifle, which he had apparently concealed earlier, and stood up in a shooting position".
FIRES 3 TIMES
Fairchild, armed with a .22 caliber rifle, fired three times, hitting Flowers in the shoulder, neck and hand, Standifer said he was on adjoining property, but was close enough to hear the Marshal attempt to place Flowers under arrest.
Fairchild, a former Hinds County supervisor, was standing in the road when he fired.
Flowers was employed as a salesman.
Other officers investigating the shooting included Sheriff Albert Jones, Deputy Jack Peyton, Constable Fred Thomas, and Deputy Bonner.
Survivors include Flowers' wife, a daughter, Mrs. Jerry Hirsch of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. J. T. McCall of Jackson, Mrs. Stanley Herbin of Jackson, and Mrs. Hugh Walls of Mobile, Ala.; a brother, John Flowers of Louisiana.
Services will be held at Wright and Ferguson chapel at a date be announced. Burial will be in Lakewood.
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Clarion Ledger; 22 Sep 1957, Sun; Page 6
Flowers Rites Monday 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Flowers will be held at the Wright & Ferguson Chapel at 2:00 o'clock Monday, conducted by Rev. Clay Lee, Pastor of Raymond Methodist Church. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Flowers was a native of Franklin county, Miss. He retired from the New York Police Department in 1941, when he returned to Jackson. He was a former employee of the R. D. Sanders Co., and had been a resident of Raymond for the past five years. He was a member of the Raymond Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include; his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Gerard Hirsch, of New York City; four sisters, Mrs. J. T. McCall, of Jackson, Mrs. Stanley Herbin, of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Hugh Walls, of Mobile, and Mrs. Edna Ahrend. of Union Church, Miss.; and one brother, John Flowers, of Wisner, La.
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New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018
Name: Martha Kaczmarek
Marriage License Date: 25 Apr 1919
Marriage License Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse: Thomas J Flowers
License Number: 5250
*****
Clarion Ledger; 21 Sep 1957, Sat; Page 1
Marshall Kills Ex-Policeman After Threat
Coroner's Jury Decides Homicide Is Justifiable
RAYMOND - Town Marshall Dell Fairchild shot and killed a retired New York policeman here Friday night, after the man threatened the officer, witnesses said.
Tom Flowers, about 65, died instantly of three bullet wounds at 6:20 p. m., in front of his home east of Raymond.
Hinds County Chief Criminal Deputy Andy Hopkins said two witnesses, W. C. Standifer and Mrs. Flowers, testified before a coroner's jury which ruled justifiable homicide in the shooting.
Standifer told the jury, empaneled by Justice of the Peace Terry Hughes with Deputy Sheriff Raymond Bonner acting as foreman, that Flowers had threatened both him and Fairchild "several times in the past few weeks, as well as the lives of several other people".
PHONED THREAT
Two or three weeks ago, Hopkins said, Flowers allegedly held Standifer at the point of a rifle at the same spot where Flowers was shot Friday night, for some hour and 15 minutes. Standifer testified that Friday afternoon Flowers phoned him and threatened "to kill me and Fairchild".
Fairchild testified that he had passed Flowers house later on the way to see a Negro who had been hauling wood for the Marshal, and on his way back to Raymond, he saw Flowers standing by the side of the road, armed with a rifle.
Fairchild said he stopped his truck, and attempted to place Flowers under arrest. He asked Flowers "to drop the rifle", he said, and the man did so, and walked toward the truck. Nearing the Marshal's truck, Fairchild said, Flowers suddenly stooped and picked up another rifle, which he had apparently concealed earlier, and stood up in a shooting position".
FIRES 3 TIMES
Fairchild, armed with a .22 caliber rifle, fired three times, hitting Flowers in the shoulder, neck and hand, Standifer said he was on adjoining property, but was close enough to hear the Marshal attempt to place Flowers under arrest.
Fairchild, a former Hinds County supervisor, was standing in the road when he fired.
Flowers was employed as a salesman.
Other officers investigating the shooting included Sheriff Albert Jones, Deputy Jack Peyton, Constable Fred Thomas, and Deputy Bonner.
Survivors include Flowers' wife, a daughter, Mrs. Jerry Hirsch of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. J. T. McCall of Jackson, Mrs. Stanley Herbin of Jackson, and Mrs. Hugh Walls of Mobile, Ala.; a brother, John Flowers of Louisiana.
Services will be held at Wright and Ferguson chapel at a date be announced. Burial will be in Lakewood.
*****
Clarion Ledger; 22 Sep 1957, Sun; Page 6
Flowers Rites Monday 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Flowers will be held at the Wright & Ferguson Chapel at 2:00 o'clock Monday, conducted by Rev. Clay Lee, Pastor of Raymond Methodist Church. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Flowers was a native of Franklin county, Miss. He retired from the New York Police Department in 1941, when he returned to Jackson. He was a former employee of the R. D. Sanders Co., and had been a resident of Raymond for the past five years. He was a member of the Raymond Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include; his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Gerard Hirsch, of New York City; four sisters, Mrs. J. T. McCall, of Jackson, Mrs. Stanley Herbin, of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Hugh Walls, of Mobile, and Mrs. Edna Ahrend. of Union Church, Miss.; and one brother, John Flowers, of Wisner, La.
*****
New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018
Name: Martha Kaczmarek
Marriage License Date: 25 Apr 1919
Marriage License Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse: Thomas J Flowers
License Number: 5250
Sister, Effie Catherine FLOWERS McCall
*****
Clarion Ledger; 21 Sep 1957, Sat; Page 1
Marshall Kills Ex-Policeman After Threat
Coroner's Jury Decides Homicide Is Justifiable
RAYMOND - Town Marshall Dell Fairchild shot and killed a retired New York policeman here Friday night, after the man threatened the officer, witnesses said.
Tom Flowers, about 65, died instantly of three bullet wounds at 6:20 p. m., in front of his home east of Raymond.
Hinds County Chief Criminal Deputy Andy Hopkins said two witnesses, W. C. Standifer and Mrs. Flowers, testified before a coroner's jury which ruled justifiable homicide in the shooting.
Standifer told the jury, empaneled by Justice of the Peace Terry Hughes with Deputy Sheriff Raymond Bonner acting as foreman, that Flowers had threatened both him and Fairchild "several times in the past few weeks, as well as the lives of several other people".
PHONED THREAT
Two or three weeks ago, Hopkins said, Flowers allegedly held Standifer at the point of a rifle at the same spot where Flowers was shot Friday night, for some hour and 15 minutes. Standifer testified that Friday afternoon Flowers phoned him and threatened "to kill me and Fairchild".
Fairchild testified that he had passed Flowers house later on the way to see a Negro who had been hauling wood for the Marshal, and on his way back to Raymond, he saw Flowers standing by the side of the road, armed with a rifle.
Fairchild said he stopped his truck, and attempted to place Flowers under arrest. He asked Flowers "to drop the rifle", he said, and the man did so, and walked toward the truck. Nearing the Marshal's truck, Fairchild said, Flowers suddenly stooped and picked up another rifle, which he had apparently concealed earlier, and stood up in a shooting position".
FIRES 3 TIMES
Fairchild, armed with a .22 caliber rifle, fired three times, hitting Flowers in the shoulder, neck and hand, Standifer said he was on adjoining property, but was close enough to hear the Marshal attempt to place Flowers under arrest.
Fairchild, a former Hinds County supervisor, was standing in the road when he fired.
Flowers was employed as a salesman.
Other officers investigating the shooting included Sheriff Albert Jones, Deputy Jack Peyton, Constable Fred Thomas, and Deputy Bonner.
Survivors include Flowers' wife, a daughter, Mrs. Jerry Hirsch of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. J. T. McCall of Jackson, Mrs. Stanley Herbin of Jackson, and Mrs. Hugh Walls of Mobile, Ala.; a brother, John Flowers of Louisiana.
Services will be held at Wright and Ferguson chapel at a date be announced. Burial will be in Lakewood.
*****
Clarion Ledger; 22 Sep 1957, Sun; Page 6
Flowers Rites Monday 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Flowers will be held at the Wright & Ferguson Chapel at 2:00 o'clock Monday, conducted by Rev. Clay Lee, Pastor of Raymond Methodist Church. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Flowers was a native of Franklin county, Miss. He retired from the New York Police Department in 1941, when he returned to Jackson. He was a former employee of the R. D. Sanders Co., and had been a resident of Raymond for the past five years. He was a member of the Raymond Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include; his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Gerard Hirsch, of New York City; four sisters, Mrs. J. T. McCall, of Jackson, Mrs. Stanley Herbin, of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Hugh Walls, of Mobile, and Mrs. Edna Ahrend. of Union Church, Miss.; and one brother, John Flowers, of Wisner, La.
*****
New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018
Name: Martha Kaczmarek
Marriage License Date: 25 Apr 1919
Marriage License Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse: Thomas J Flowers
License Number: 5250
*****
Clarion Ledger; 21 Sep 1957, Sat; Page 1
Marshall Kills Ex-Policeman After Threat
Coroner's Jury Decides Homicide Is Justifiable
RAYMOND - Town Marshall Dell Fairchild shot and killed a retired New York policeman here Friday night, after the man threatened the officer, witnesses said.
Tom Flowers, about 65, died instantly of three bullet wounds at 6:20 p. m., in front of his home east of Raymond.
Hinds County Chief Criminal Deputy Andy Hopkins said two witnesses, W. C. Standifer and Mrs. Flowers, testified before a coroner's jury which ruled justifiable homicide in the shooting.
Standifer told the jury, empaneled by Justice of the Peace Terry Hughes with Deputy Sheriff Raymond Bonner acting as foreman, that Flowers had threatened both him and Fairchild "several times in the past few weeks, as well as the lives of several other people".
PHONED THREAT
Two or three weeks ago, Hopkins said, Flowers allegedly held Standifer at the point of a rifle at the same spot where Flowers was shot Friday night, for some hour and 15 minutes. Standifer testified that Friday afternoon Flowers phoned him and threatened "to kill me and Fairchild".
Fairchild testified that he had passed Flowers house later on the way to see a Negro who had been hauling wood for the Marshal, and on his way back to Raymond, he saw Flowers standing by the side of the road, armed with a rifle.
Fairchild said he stopped his truck, and attempted to place Flowers under arrest. He asked Flowers "to drop the rifle", he said, and the man did so, and walked toward the truck. Nearing the Marshal's truck, Fairchild said, Flowers suddenly stooped and picked up another rifle, which he had apparently concealed earlier, and stood up in a shooting position".
FIRES 3 TIMES
Fairchild, armed with a .22 caliber rifle, fired three times, hitting Flowers in the shoulder, neck and hand, Standifer said he was on adjoining property, but was close enough to hear the Marshal attempt to place Flowers under arrest.
Fairchild, a former Hinds County supervisor, was standing in the road when he fired.
Flowers was employed as a salesman.
Other officers investigating the shooting included Sheriff Albert Jones, Deputy Jack Peyton, Constable Fred Thomas, and Deputy Bonner.
Survivors include Flowers' wife, a daughter, Mrs. Jerry Hirsch of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. J. T. McCall of Jackson, Mrs. Stanley Herbin of Jackson, and Mrs. Hugh Walls of Mobile, Ala.; a brother, John Flowers of Louisiana.
Services will be held at Wright and Ferguson chapel at a date be announced. Burial will be in Lakewood.
*****
Clarion Ledger; 22 Sep 1957, Sun; Page 6
Flowers Rites Monday 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Flowers will be held at the Wright & Ferguson Chapel at 2:00 o'clock Monday, conducted by Rev. Clay Lee, Pastor of Raymond Methodist Church. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mr. Flowers was a native of Franklin county, Miss. He retired from the New York Police Department in 1941, when he returned to Jackson. He was a former employee of the R. D. Sanders Co., and had been a resident of Raymond for the past five years. He was a member of the Raymond Methodist Church and a Mason.
Survivors include; his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Gerard Hirsch, of New York City; four sisters, Mrs. J. T. McCall, of Jackson, Mrs. Stanley Herbin, of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Hugh Walls, of Mobile, and Mrs. Edna Ahrend. of Union Church, Miss.; and one brother, John Flowers, of Wisner, La.
*****
New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018
Name: Martha Kaczmarek
Marriage License Date: 25 Apr 1919
Marriage License Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Spouse: Thomas J Flowers
License Number: 5250
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