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Woodward Cemetery, 88-2 Summary Report, page 18
1930 Madison County AL census, Whitesburg Pct 6, “off Green Grove Road”
Vivian Woodward, the only child of Charles and Laura, was raped and murdered in Huntsville in 1936 at the age of 19. She is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, as are both of her parents, who divorced after her murder. Both later remarried to others and lived elsewhere. Apparently, in death the family wanted to be together again at last. The second spouses of Charles and Laura are not buried in Maple Hill with them. The story of Vivian's rape and murder, along with the resultant trial and execution of a perpetrator, is documented in detail in a book by Huntsville attorney (former District Attorney / Prosecutor) Fred Simpson. The book is “Murder in the Heart of Dixie”, published in 2003. The Woodward story is told in pages 55 -83. The notes inserted below contain a reference in the last paragraph
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