New Albany exhibit honors late artist and his daughter

08/12/09 Many folks in New Albany may remember driving across Blackiston's Mill Bridge with the old Blackiston's Mill sitting atop the hill overlooking the creek. As the years passed, the building crumbled into ruin and was eventually razed, but the image will always remain in the 1977 watercolor painting by New Albany artist William Hancock (1915-2003).

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Oxford officer off duty when family found dead

07/23/10 Oxford police officer William Hancock was not scheduled to work the day he, his wife and infant son were found shot to death in their Wedowee home, Oxford police Chief Bill Partridge said Thursday.

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Officer, family found dead; Randolph County turns investigation over to ABI

07/20/10 Oxford police officer William Hancock laughed as he told a reporter, earlier this month, about his chubby 8-month-old son Logan. He said he wasn't looking forward to the 45 minutes it would take to get to his Wedowee home from Oxford. It was in that home on U.S. Highway 431 that Randolph County deputies found Hancock, his wife Tabatha, also 28, and their son shot to death Tuesday morning ...

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