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Two Eufaula Men Killed In Action On Western Front
News Received of Deaths of Hinton Holleman and Porter Doughtie of Barbour County
(Special to the Advertiser.)
EUFAULA, ALA., Sept. 5--The news that Hinton Holleman and Porter Doughtie were killed in France July 29 and 30, was received here and the entire city is shocked and grieved over the loss of her first sons who have fallen in battle.
The sad news was conveyed to relatives here by telephone from Eugene Doughtie of Charlotte, N. C., who had been informed by a letter from Clayton Bullock another Eufaula boy in the Rainbow Division. No details as to which battle the young heroes fell in were given, the message simply stating that they were killed in action. There has been no official mention of these names in the casualty list but the fact that the enemy have cut the cables in many places probably accounts for this.
Hinton Holleman, a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Holleman and one of the city's most popular young men, enlisted two years ago and had seen service on the border. He was in the Intelligence and Observation Department, 3rd Battalion, 167th Infantry and had been in France for sometime. He was 25 years of age.
Porter Doughtie enlisted a year ago and was first stationed at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Doughtie of this city and his many friends and relatives who are grieved over his untimely but heroic death at the age of 31 years.
Source: Montgomery Advertiser, September 8, 1918 - Transcribed by C. Anthony
DEATHS - James A. Lampley
James A. Lampley of Louisville, Barbour county., died suddenly at the home of his sister, Mrs. Farrior, 711 South Hull street, at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Lampley was a Confederate Veteran, having been a Lieutenant in Gracies's brigade. He was a well known citizen of Barbour county, having been postmaster at Louisville for several years, which place he resigned about two months ago, on account of ill heatlh. He was a brother of Colonel Harris Lampley and of Dr. C. R. Lampley, both deceased. His nephew H. D. Lampley, is Probate Judge of Butler county.
The body was taken over the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Tuesday afternoon to Louisville, where the interment will take place.
Source: Montgomery Advertiser, June 21, 1911 - Transcribed by C. Anthony
DEATHS - S. J. Flournoy.
Special to the Advertiser.
EUFAULA, ALA., Jan. 10.--S. J. Flournoy, one of the best known citizens of Barbour County, died this afternoon at his residence on Sanford Street, after several months' illness. He had made his home in Barbour County practically all his life, his family and that of his wife being among the most prominent in this section. Mr. Flournoy was a Confederate veteran and had a long and honorable record in the Civil War. Although possessing a poor physique, he showed wonderful vitality throughout his life, and it was only recently that his condition became such that it was thought that death was near. He was about 75 years of age and is survived by a widow, formerly Miss Janie Toney, a member of the noted Toney family of "Roseland"; by a daughter, Mrs. A. S. Johnson, of Meridian, Miss., a son, who resides in Birmingham, and a sister in law, Mrs. W. C. Oates, of Montgomery. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Oates were both at Mr. Flournoy's bedside during the last days of his illness.
Mr. Flournoy was a prominent member of St. James Episcopal Church, and funeral services will be held Monday at noon at the church. Rev. T. H. Johnston, of Mobile, rector of All Saints Church, and formerly rector of St. James, Eufaula, will officiate. Intermnet will be made at Fairview Cemetery.
Source: Montgomery Advertiser, January 11, 1914 - Transcribed by C. Anthony
JIM COTTON
Jim Cotton, a negro, was shot to death at Elmavill, Ala., by a mob of white men. Cotton was accused of shooting at Jim Phillips, a guano sales man, who had administered a thrashing to Cotton. Source: The Garland Globe, Feb. 17, 1906, pg 7. Transcribed By: Maggie Coleman
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