Roberson, Willie McClain, Death Certificate, 1925

Author

Pinellas County

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Publication Date

8-30-1925

Abstract

Death certificate for Willie McClain Roberson. According to the St. Petersburg Times on August 31, 1925, page 7, Roberson (spelled Robinson in the article) was ambushed when stepping out of a restaurant at 10th Street and 4th Avenue South in St. Petersburg, Florida, when he was struck and killed by four bullets fired by a man police believed to be named Joe Scott.

Age: 26 years

Death Date: August 30, 1925

Cause: "Having been shot by one Jim Scott - Homicidal"

Burial Date: September 5, 1925

Location: Evergreen Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

Wife: Pearl Roberson

Father: Willie Roberson of South Carolina

Mother: Flora Wells of South Carolina

Undertaker: Baker & McRae

Keywords

Evergreen Cemetery (St. Petersburg Fla.), Gunshot wounds, Homicide

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Type

Genealogical Record

Recommended Citation

Pinellas County, "Roberson, Willie McClain, Death Certificate, 1925" (1925). Evergreen Genealogical Records. 178.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/evergreen_genealogical_records/178