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Submitted: 6/22/08 • Approved: 11/24/13 • Last Updated: 11/27/13 • R31494-G0-S3
April 25, 1928 - July 16, 1976
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July 16, 1976
Area Man Killed During Rural Shooting Incident
A rural Benton County resident was being held in Benton County Jail Saturday in connection with the shooting death late Friday morning of L. D. Trotter, Rt. 4 Rogers.
Officers said that no charges had been filed and that the investigation was continuing. The man being held, in lieu of $10,000 bond was identified by officials as Cecil M. Williams also of Rt. 4.
The Benton County Sheriff's office reported that deputies answered a call at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday to a rural area north and east of Rogers and found Trotter, 48, dead of an apparant wound from a gunshot.
He was reportedly shot with a pistol.
Officials reported that there had apparently been an altercation between the two men prior to the shooting.
Trotter was born April 25, 1928 in Seminole, Okla. He was a self employed tree surgeon.
He is survived by his wife, Loretta Trotter, of the home; four sons, Jerry Trotter, Terry Trotter, Dennis Trotter and Timmy Trotter all of Rogers; two daughters, Mrs. Carol Henry and Mrs. Connie Cypert, both of Rogers; his father, Farris Trotter, Sr. of Siloam Springs.; three brothers, Ernie Trotter, Farris Trotter, Jr., and Hoyt Trotter all of Rogers; three sisters, Mrs. Sis Clyburn and Mrs. Hannah McChristian, both of Rogers, and Mrs. Drucie Greer of Siloam Springs; and five grandchildren.
Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Callison Funeral Chapel with Bob Bradley officiating. Burial will be in Rogers Cemetery.
Contributed on 6/22/08 by judyfrog
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