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Elkanah Flanary “Caner” Hughes

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Elkanah Flanary “Caner” Hughes

Birth
Death
25 Jan 1936 (aged 57)
Burial
Pocket, Lee County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Married Bessie August 29, 1905 by Rev W M Cooper

On January 25, 1936 Constable Coner (Caner) Hughes was shot and killed when he encountered a drunk man who was on a shooting rampage in Pennington Gap.

The suspect had started shooting in a pool hall and shot Constable Hughes on a city street after exiting the hall. The man then went into a local business and seriously wounded a merchant.


Married Bessie August 29, 1905 by Rev W M Cooper

On January 25, 1936 Constable Coner (Caner) Hughes was shot and killed when he encountered a drunk man who was on a shooting rampage in Pennington Gap.

The suspect had started shooting in a pool hall and shot Constable Hughes on a city street after exiting the hall. The man then went into a local business and seriously wounded a merchant.




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