On June 22, 1981, Alfred Franklin Boatwright, 64, was shot and killed during an armed robbery at his small convenience store near Bristol in Pierce County, Georgia. His employee, 58-year-old Morris Highsmith, was also fatally shot that afternoon. The robber left with about ninety dollars from the register.

Authorities arrested 25-year-old Willie James Wilson, Jr., who had been a soldier who left his post at Fort Stewart. Wilson was apprehended in Hinesville, confessed to the shootings and the robbery, and said the theft was an afterthought after a confrontation. No weapons were found in the store.

Wilson was convicted in Pierce County on two counts of murder and one count of armed robbery; the jury imposed death sentences for the murders and life for the robbery, and the Georgia Supreme Court later affirmed the convictions and sentences.

If anyone knew Alfred Boatwright or Morris Highsmith, or remembers the store near Bristol in 1981, can you share what you recall?