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- Beckley Post-Herald, 11 June 1970
Rooming House Shooting Fatal
By LEONARD GAULDIN
Post-Herald City Editor
Otho E. Fisher, 60, of Beckley was shot to death at about 10 p.m. Wednesday in a rooming house at 216 N. Heber St.
Fisher died of a bullet wound in the temple. The weapon was a .22 caliber pistol.
Charged with the slaying was a boarder, Wayne Atkins, 55.
Fisher allegedly gained entrance to Atkins' room after breaking into the boarding home which is operated by Fisher's wife, Aleen, city police said.
The couple was having marital problems and were in the process of obtaining a divorce, officers reported. Fisher had been staying at a home on Fairview Avenue.
Officers said Fisher reportedly shot through the window of a ground floor bedroom occupied by his wife and then went to the front door where he broke the window glass to obtain entry.
After a scuffle with his wife, police said, Fisher went upstairs to Atkins' second-story bedroom where he broke the lock on the door and entered the room.
Atkins told police he jumped from the bed and crouched beside a wardrobe in the room, from where the shooting took place.
Beckley Post-Herald, 12 June 1970
Shooting Victim's Final Rites Set
Otho E. Fisher, 60, of Beckley, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday of a bullet wound.
He was a member of the Main Street Church of God in Ronceverte and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Aleen Fisher of Beckley; four daughters, Mrs. Betty O'Dell of Ronceverte, Mrs. Margaret Simms of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Drema Prestwood of Alexander, Ind., and Miss Faye Ann Fisher of Barbersville; three sons, James and Donald, both of Alexander, Ind., and Norman of Washington, D.C.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Ronceverte with Rev. Raymond Pedigo officiating.
Burial will be in Adwell Cemetery in Ronceverte.
Friends may call at the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home after noon Friday.
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