Stacy B. Roark

1879 - 1938  (58 years)

• Name	Stacy B. Roark
  Birth	23 Jun 1879	Ashe County, , , North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Feb 1938	Johnson County, , , Tennessee
  Burial	John Arnold Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee
  Notes	"Elizabethton Star," Monday, February 14, 1938 Cripple Held For Slaying Johnson Man - Claims Neighbor Invaded Home And Threatened Death. Mountain City, Feb. 14 - Sheriff J. T. Greever stated this morning that Clarence Potter, 55, crippled, was being held in jail this morning on charge of murdering Stacy Roark, 50, his neighbor at the Potter home in the third district. Although details of the shooting were not known, Potter claimed that he shot in self-defense when Roark and two other men broke down the door to his home as he lay asleep and threatened to shoot him. Roark was shot with a 12-guage shot gun, the charge entering his left side. Roark lived about an hour after being shot but died before the doctor arrived, it was reported. Two men with Roark made their escape and are not known, it was said. Potter said he could no reason for Roark's action. It was not known whether Roark was really armed or not. Trial for Potter has been set before Magistrate T. A. Wills for next Saturday.
  Person ID	I7739	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	William Henry Roark,   b. Oct 1853, Johnson County, , , Tennessee
  Mother	Hannah Louisa Main,   b. Abt 1857, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. Bef 1900, Johnson County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 42 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1878	Johnson County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F3462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Polly Stout,   b. 15 Feb 1881, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 26 Apr 1967, Johnson County, , , Tennessee (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	23 Aug 1913	Johnson County, , , Tennessee
  Children	1. Leller Bertha Roark,   b. 2 Apr 1907, Ashe County, , , North Carolina d. 7 Aug 1988, Ashe County, , , North Carolina (Age 81 years)   2. Carrie Eveline Roark,   b. 22 Feb 1911, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 27 Oct 1996, Johnson County, , , Tennessee (Age 85 years)   3. Roby Curckers Roark,   b. 15 Oct 1914, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 8 Aug 1992, Johnson County, , , Tennessee (Age 77 years)   4. Fird Edgar Roark,   b. 10 Feb 1917, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 10 Nov 1984, , Avery County, North Carolina, (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F3461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart