Deputy Sheriff George Washington Mumford, Sr.

George Washington Mumford, Sr.

Deputy Mumford was shot and killed as he and a Wilson police officer served a warrant on four men wanted for burglary in Fayetteville and Dunn. When the officers arrived at the home the men opened fire, fatally wounding Deputy Mumford. As the suspects fled the home one of them shot Deputy Mumford in the head three more times.

Seven suspects were apprehended and convicted of Deputy Mumford's murder. The suspect who shot him was sentenced to death, one was sentenced to 30 years, and five received lesser sentences.

The suspect sentenced to death was executed in the electric chair on May 5, 1911.

Deputy Mumford was widowed at the time of his death and survived by seven children.