Senator Found Dead On Hunting Trip
January 12, 2009
An Alabama state senator was found dead Sunday morning while on a hunting trip.
Seven-term Alabama state Sen. W.H. “Pat” Lindsey, 72, was discovered dead in his bed on the hunting trip while staying with friends in Boligee in west Alabama.
Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom Jr., and State Senator Roger Bedford were also on the trip and among those in the group that discovered Lindsey. He was discovered as the group was getting ready to leave the home friends where they had been hunting.
Lindsey’s senate district included Escambia County in Alabama. Other counties in the district are Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Mobile, Monroe and Washington counties.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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