John A. Holmes - Carson City, TX
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YoSam.
N 35° 21.196 W 101° 22.245
14S E 284578 N 3914799
Tombstone reads: Assasinated [sic] Sept. 13th at Borger, Tex. A fearless martyr to truth, honor and duty.
Waymark Code: WMQ0Z8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2015
Views: 3
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee.
Date Marker Erected: Recorded - 1967.
County of Marker: Carson County.
Location of Marker: 6th St., Panhandle Cemetery, Panhandle.
Full Text of Tombstone:
JOHN A. HOLMES
1886 + 1929
District Attorney, 84th Judiscial [sic] Dist.
Assasinated [sic] Sept. 13th at Borger, Tex.
A Fearless Martyr to Truth, Honor and Duty.
HOLMES
Texas Historical Marker along side tombstone:
JOHN A. HOLMES
(1886 - 1929)
Born in Mississippi; received law degree from University of Texas. Became county attorney of Roberts County.
Elected district attorney of 31st Judicial District in 1922. In 1928, appointed district attorney of 84th District by Governor of Texas to relentlessly prosecute criminals who infested oil fields during Borger's boom years.
Often threatened by gangsters, he was shot to death by gunmen at his home in Borger.
Recorded - 1967
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