| 4. | Johnny Butler Whitaker was born on 29 Nov 1935 in Jefferson County, Tennessee (son of Emment Whitaker and Nina Pollard); died on 31 Mar 1997. Notes:
DANDRIDGE -- Three sevier County brothers were charged Friday with murder after authorities traced a license plate number on the dead man's hand to the suspects, authorities said.
The three also are charged with attempted murder of a Grainger county woman and her granddaughter.
Ronnie Ray Ogle, 24, Terry Ogle, 31, and Ted Ogle, 20, all of Douglas Dam Road in Kodak, were charged with the first-degree murder of J.B. Whitaker of New Market.
Whitaker, 61, was shot to death Monday morning at his business, Whittaker's Auto Parts, an Asheville Highway junkyard. Robbery was the apparent motive, authorities said.
The Ogles were arrested early Friday by Birmingham, Ala., police who had been contacted by authorities in Jefferson County. Officers confiscated guns and knives.
Among the firearms was a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun allegedly used in the murder. District Attorney General Al Schmutzer confirmed the victim had been shot several times. The trio had been to the business on several occasions, according to Jefferson county Sheriff Doug Quarles. Whittaker was known to carry large amounts of cash.
When his body was found, investigators discovered Whittaker had written a license plate number on the palm of his hand. That number was traced to a Pontiac Firebird owned by Terry Ogle, authorities said. Quarles said Whittaker frequently called the Sheriff's Department for a check of a vehicle if he was suspicious of the driver.
The three brothers were arraigned Friday before Jefferson County General Sessions Judge Max Moore, who scheduled a preliminary hearing April 11 and ordered the trio held without bond.
They had to appear Friday afternoon at an arraignment in Grainger County, where they have been charged with two counts each of attempted murder in connection with a Monday morning shooting. Sheriff Bobby Whitt said the three were joined by two other people and went to the residence of Judy Hurt. They are accused of opening fire while she slept with her granddaughter, Haley Olson, 2.
Died:
Obit for J. B. Whitaker - Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, TN
J. B. (Fireball) Whitaker
J. B. (Fireball) Whitaker, age 61, of New Market, passed away suddenly Monday, March 31, 1997. He was owner/operator of J. B. Whitaker Auto Parts. He is survived by his daughters, Debra Whitaker and Vickie Whitaker, both of Jefferson City; sons, Johnny, David, and Bobby Whitaker, all of New Market; seven grandchildren; sisters, Kathleen Lowe of new Market, Christine Elder and Thelma Vineyard both of Knoxville; brother, Clyde Whitaker of Dandridge; several nieces and nephews. The family received friends Wednesday at Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge prior to the funeral service. The interment service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 3, at Pleasant Grove Piney Cemetery
Johnny married Betty Ball. [Group Sheet]
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