1980 Press Photo Ruddy Owen's funeral, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hueytown, AL

file in : Hueytown, Alabama Schools: Hueytown High shooting, Ebenezer Baptist Church was packed on Wednesday afternoon. Inside people stood in the aisles and sat in the windows. Outside the church, people lined the street for half a block. Many of them were Hueytown High School students, come to pay their last respects to Ruddy Owen Farmer, a quiet 17-year-old who shot himself at the school last friday. Classmates were pallbearers at youth's funeral

Photo measures 8.5 x 6.25 inches. Photo is dated 11-6-1980.

.

Photo back: