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Charley Betts Hampton

Charley Betts Hampton

Charley Betts Hampton was born on February 13, 1883 in the Cornett community of Cass Co, Texas. He was the youngest son of William Green Curry Hampton and his wife, Mary Jane Betts. Charley’s mother died on Christmas Day when he was eleven. As his other siblings married, Charley became the caretaker of his aging father and responsible for working the farm. This he did faithfully until his father’s passing in 1915.

Spraberry convicted of Capital Murder

On Tuesday, December 6, 2022, Charles Spraberry pled guilty to the offense of Capital Murder in the 5th Judicial District Court of Cass County, Texas for the deaths of John Thomas, Jr. and Jennifer Archer. Spraberry pled to additional charges of Assault Causing Bodily Injury – Family Violence by Occlusion (strangulation), Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Escape with a Deadly Weapon, and Assault on a Public Servant. The pleas took place before the Honorable Judge Bill Miller, with family members from both Thomas’ and Archer’s families present.

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