(Regarding the murder of his grandfather and Plantersville postal workers)

You mentioned that my grandmother was appointed Postmaster after his death. From the time my grandfather became Postmaster until I left the job of rural carrier there in 1985, at least one relative of mine worked in that Post Office in some capacity. After my grandmother retired, William Towery "Tack" Grant became postmaster. He was my grandmother's nephew. When he got the opportunity to do so, he took the job of rural mail carrier. He was in that job until I came to it in 1980. Incidentally during part of his tenure, the Postmaster was Carroll Mitchell who was my father's cousin on the Rogers side. So for the major portion of the 20th century I or one of my relatives worked in the Plantersville Post Office. That may not be of interest to anyone else, but it is to me.

I wish I knew when my grandfather became Postmaster. I remember my dad telling me that they were pretty sure who committed the murder, but there was insufficient evidence and as soon as the accused was released, he left the area for good. My dad told me that his father did not die immediately, but never woke up from the blow to his head. Apparently in his wounded condition he still managed to get the mail sack on the train that evening. After he was found, many people went up and down the railroad track trying to track down whoever had done it. My dad, as a seventeen year old boy, went one direction alone with the apparent murderer and told him what he would do if he ever found out who the guilty party was. He often thought later that at that moment he could have met a similar fate."