Death in the Delta: Uncovering a Mississippi Family Secret

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DeathintheDelta This page intentionally left blank DeathintheDelta Uncovering a Mississippi Family Secret University Press of Mississippi / Jackson Molly Walling ��� Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Disclaimer about Some Characters The true story that appears in these pages has been written to the best of my recollection. Some few characters, however, are composites. Others have fictitious names and/or altered identifying characteristics so as to protect their anonymity. Copyright © 2012 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2012 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Walling, Molly. Death in the delta : uncovering a Mississippi family secret / Molly Walling. pages cm. — (Willie Morris books in memoir and biography) isbn 978-1-61703-609-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-1-61703-610-1 (ebook) 1. Anguilla (Miss.)—Race relations. 2. Gunfights—Mississippi— Anguilla—History—20th century. 3. Manslaughter— Mississippi—Anguilla—History—20th century. 4. Family secrets—Mississippi—Anguilla— Case studies. 5. Fields, Harris Jesse, 1922–2000. 6. Walling, Molly—Family. I. Title. F349.A54W35 2012 305.8009762’414—dc23 2012005302 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available for Jay and for Grace, Jack, and Maddie To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. —alfred, lord tennyson, Ulysses ...