In memory of
Doyle Smith
1949
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- December 7, 1949, aged 51
Their life
Sheriff Doyle Smith was shot and mortally wounded in the business section of Marshall by a man he ordered to leave town or stop drinking. The subject was also wounded during an exchange of gunfire between the two. Sheriff Doyal died in a Little Rock hospital two days later.
The suspect was charged with first degree murder.
A dispute among witnesses over who fired the first shot led to the suspect's acquittal on February 10th, 1950.
Sheriff Smith is buried in Henley Cemetery, Seary County, Arkansas.
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