I've been thinking today, about the fact that my grandfather (Dixon Fleetwood Lynch) shot and killed my grandmother's (Evis Pearson) father (William D. Pearson). I had heard this story before, from dad and Aunt Mary Alice, but never really knew the full story. According to a very reliable source (thanks Ronman) I now have a better understand of what really happened. Apparently, my grandfather was fooling around with one of my grandmother's sisters, and she left him because of it. At that time she was 6 months pregnant with my Uncle Sonny. It happened on January 3, 1933 on the railroad tracks near the sawmill where my grandfather was working. No one has said exactly how it happened. I'm wondering if my great-grandfather went to confront him. Anyway, both of the men had tempers, and whatever was said or took place between them, my grandfather ended up shooting and killing my great-grandfather.
The real miracle in all of this, is that my grandfather avoided going to jail for this! And I'm surprised that my grandparents went on to stay together for another 27 years and have 8 more kids together!
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