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Dewitt Wilmer Guy

15 Feb 1880 – 5 Oct 1930

Birth15 Feb 1880
Death5 Oct 1930
CemeteryHollywood Cemetery
McComb , Pike County , Mississippi , USA
Added byJoe B Jackson on 13 Aug 2023
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92278286

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Age 3 mo. in the 1880 census (Lincoln Co., MS); Born Feb. 1880 in the 1990 census (Pike Co., MS). Headstone incorrectly gives DOB as Feb. 15, 1881.

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McComb, Miss., Oct. 6. — UPI — D. Guy, former chief of police of McComb, former sheriff of Pike county and candidate for sheriff, 49 years of age, died at his residence here last night. He had been ill only a few hours. He served as sheriff for two terms, as police chief four years and died in the midst of his campaign for sheriff. Funeral will be held from the First Baptist church at 4 o'clock this afternoon, services by Dr. J. W. Mayfield, the pastor, with burial in Hollywood cemetery. He is survived by his widow, three sons, Edwin, Mississippi A. and M. College student, George and Burton; seven brothers, Will, Griff, Percy and Munroe of McComb; Wade and John of Topisaw community near McComb and Lesley [sic Leslie] and three sisters. Published in The Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS), Monday, October 6, 1930

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