LENOX — Author Warren Robinson is holding a book signing at the Lenox Civic Center at 3 p.m., Sunday July 8, for his new book, “Death Waits at the Depot.”

It’s the second book for the Lenox native, following his Vietnam War memoir “Remembering Vietnam: A Veteran’s Story” which came out last year.

Death Waits recounts the true story of Marshall Lewis and Clifford Rutherford and their meeting at the Lenox railroad depot in 1909 that ended in the death of Rutherford and the death sentence for Lewis.

“It’s a story that I’ve heard, bits and pieces of, since I was a small child,” said Robinson, a Lenox native.

“It involves my family…from my grandfather down to my dad and down to my generation. We’ve all been touched by the story.”

Before shooting Rutherford, Lewis broke into the Bank of Lenox early one April morning in 1909 and stole a .38 revolver that belonged to Warren’s grandfather, Joseph Daniel Robinson, who was the bank president.

Lewis had also broken into the post office as well and Rutherford, the assistant postmaster, pursued him into the train depot.

There, Lewis shot Rutherford, who died several hours later.

Warren had heard the story for decades, but diving into historical research for the book shed new light on it.

“The more I researched, the more details seemed to keep surfacing,” said Warren.

“The story that I heard led me to believe that the victim of the shooting was a policeman, which was not true at all. I don’t think the town even had a policeman at the time.”

The book also details some of Georgia and Lenox’s history, painting a picture of a small Georgia town only a few years into 20th century.

“It’s very interesting to me and I think other people enjoy reading about it,” said Warren. “I think there are generations of South Georgians who have no idea what that time was like. I think most people don’t conceive of Georgia ever being a frontier, and that’s not really been that long ago, in historical terms. Just a couple of generations.”

That disconnect with Georgia and Lenox history is one of the reasons he wanted to write the book.

“I wanted to help preserve at least that small part of the history of our area that more than likely will be forgotten if nobody writes it down,” said Warren.

Warren said “Death Waits at the Depot” is currently available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites.

For his next book, Warren wants to tackle a children’s book called “Toby the Timid Turtle,” based off the time a gopher turtle took up residence in his front yard and his grandchildren became fascinated with it.

“They had such a good time trying to coax that turtle out of the ground,” said Warren. “He didn’t come out that often, but when he did it was quite an event.”

After that, he’s considering another book about Lenox history. This one would chronicle his own childhood, growing up in the late 1940s and early 50s, and bring in black voices from the Lenox community telling the story of their childhoods.

“We had segregated schools and it was a totally different environment,” said Warren. “I want both side’s views to be shown in it. I’m not trying to start a racial thing here, but I think it’s important that that side of history be told as well.”