Chambers Co. AL           The Murder of L. T. Fetner
                                      
Don Clark <donlc_99@yahoo.com> 
                                      
                                      
     Note: This article appeared in "The LaFayette Sun" 1942:
     
     BILL FOSTER TAKES LIFE OF L. T. FETNER IN BEAT FOUR
     
     SHOTGUN USED IN KILLING LAST MONDAY MORNING: MOTIVE UNKNOWN
     
     LOVIC T. (BUD) FETNER, age 56, resident of Beat 4, was killed near
     his home last Monday morning about 7:30 by MILFORD M. (BILL)
     FOSTER, age about 45, his neighbor for a number of years. FETNER
     died after he was shot three times with a double-barrell shotgun.
     The shooting occurred in the road near the home of W. L. HARMON,
     FETNER'S father-in-law, who lived a short distance down the road
     from FETNER. According to local officers who arrested FOSTER
     shortly after the tragedy, the trouble that existed between the two
     men was not known. FOSTER lived only a short distance from FETNER
     and was arrested at his home just after the shooting.
     According to information given The Sun, FETNER, a widower, had been
     down to the HARMON home to get breakfast, and was fixing a flat
     tire on his car in the road near the HARMON home when FOSTER
     approached him and began shooting. Three charges from the gun
     entered FETNER'S body.
     FOSTER was brought to the Chambers County jail and lodged on a
     charge of murder, pending a preliminary trial.
     Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the
     Pleasant Grove Christian Church with the Rev. Roy Walker
     conducting. Burial was in Macedonia Cemetery with CUTLER in charge.
     Surviving are one brother: WILL FETNER; three sisters: Mrs. JOHN
     IRVIN, Mrs. LEE MCCLURE, AND Mrs. CRISS JONES.
     Pallbearers were ROY AND W. G. HARMON, GEORGE FETNER, ALFRED
     MCCLURE, EDWIN ABERNATHY, and ARNOLD HARMON.
     
     Note: Tombstone inscription at Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church
     Cemetery:
     
     LOVIC T. FETNER, 1886-1942