Person:John Vest (59)

John Edward ("John Ed") Vest was born December 19, 1896 on Georgia Mountain in Marshall County, Alabama, the son of Robert Vest and Matilda Eubanks.^{2, 3}

Some sources list his name as "John Edwin Vest" or "John R. Vest" ^1,2, but his obituary clearly lists his middle name as Edward.

John Ed was notable for being the first commercial fisherman in Marshall County to use snag lines in the Tennessee River.^3,4

In 1928, John Ed accidentally shot and killed his wife, Mary.^{3, 4}

Vest eventually remarried, to one Annie Cook.

John Ed died in 1953 at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama, after a three-week illness. He was 56.^{2, 3} He died on a Friday, and was buried the following Monday in Roden Cemetery in Marshall County, Alabama.

Draft registration

1916 - John Vest and Mary, marriage license

1928 - John Vest slays wife

1928 - John Vest slays wife

1928 - John Vest acquitted

John Ed Vest with Dixie Strickland in 1946.

John Ed Vest c.1943-1946. Photo sent to his youngest son, Bob, while the later was in the Army. The back of the photo reads: "To my Dearest Boy from your Loving Dad[.] Dad."

John Ed Vest, c. 1946.

1946 - John Ed Vest, Frances Vest Seeley, John Henry Vest, Betty Strickland Vest, & Robert W Vest Sr

Obituary of John Edward Vest.

1.   Rootsweb Message Boards.

   http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=weeksjd&id=I21180

2.   Descendants of Hans Schorr I.

   http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/v/i/c/Dawna-J-Vicars-CA/PDFGENE18.pdf

3.   Obituary
   1953.
4.   John Vest Slays wife at Honey Landing, in Guntersville Advertiser and Democrat
   April 24, 1928.