Wilson Daily Times, 28 July 1936.

We saw a condensed version of this unpleasant episode here, and this was not the first unseemly fracas over service in which Columbus E. Artis was implicated. C.H. Darden & Sons eventually prepared Alex Burnett‘s body for burial in Harnett County, North Carolina.

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In the 1880 census of Black River township, Cumberland County, N.C.: M.J. Burnett, 26; wife Adaline, 28; children James Madison, 6, Alexander, 4, and Susan A.E., 2; and stepdaughter A.A. Smith, 10.

On 14 November 1897, Alexander Burnett, 22, of Johnston County, N.C., son of Matthew and Adeline Burnett, married Emily Bizzell, 18, of Johnston County, N.C., daughter of David and Hasty Bizzell.

In the 1900 census of Meadow township, Johnston County, N.C.: farm laborer Alex Burnet, 23; wife Emma, 22; and son Amos, 1.

On 16 November 1902, Alex Burnett, 24, married Lula Rose, 18, in Dunn, Harnett County, N.C.

In the 1910 census of Dunn township, Harnett County: odd jobs laborer Alexander Burnett, 31; wife Lula, 27; and children Amos, 11, and Edith, 2.

Amos Burnett died 17 September 1917 in Wilson township, Wilson County. Per his death certificate, he was born 11 August 1889 in Johnston County, N.C., to Alex Burnett of Cumberland County and Emma Bizzell of Johnston County.

Alex Burnett registered for the World War I draft in Wilson County in 1918. Per his registration card, he was born 18 September 1875; worked on John Griffin’s farm, Finch Mill Road, Wilson; and his nearest relative was his wife.

In the 1928 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Burnett Alex (c; Lula) farmer h Park av extension nr Park av

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: farmer Alex Burnett, 58, wife Lula, 51, son Festas, 20, and nephew Columbus Dawson, 16. All were erroneously marked as white.

Alex Bennett [sic] died 3 July 1936 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 28 September 1875 in Cumberland County, N.C., to Mathew Burnett and Adeline Smith; was married to Lula Burnett; and worked as a tenant farmer.

Festus Burnett died 7 January 1940 in Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 22 December 1910 in Dunn, N.C., to Alexander Burnett and Lula Rose; lived at 414 Walnut Street; and worked as a laborer. Edith Hall, 1008 Mercer Street, was informant.