Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee
Wednesday, November 11, 1959
Page 18
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-
A Jefferson County couple, divorced last Friday, will be buried Thursday at a double funeral --48 hours after the husband shot his ex-wife and then himself.
Sevier County Sheriff Fred Pierce said the couple's 4-year old daughter, Jo Ann, saw her father, Emmons Parrott, 47, shoot her mother and then kill himself with a shotgun. Pierce was called to the scene and notified Jefferson County authorities.
Nine other children, some married, survive.
Bio courtesy of;
Diane M Brown
Member #48346669
Kingsport, Tennessee
Wednesday, November 11, 1959
Page 18
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-
A Jefferson County couple, divorced last Friday, will be buried Thursday at a double funeral --48 hours after the husband shot his ex-wife and then himself.
Sevier County Sheriff Fred Pierce said the couple's 4-year old daughter, Jo Ann, saw her father, Emmons Parrott, 47, shoot her mother and then kill himself with a shotgun. Pierce was called to the scene and notified Jefferson County authorities.
Nine other children, some married, survive.
Bio courtesy of;
Diane M Brown
Member #48346669
Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee
Wednesday, November 11, 1959
Page 18
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-
A Jefferson County couple, divorced last Friday, will be buried Thursday at a double funeral --48 hours after the husband shot his ex-wife and then himself.
Sevier County Sheriff Fred Pierce said the couple's 4-year old daughter, Jo Ann, saw her father, Emmons Parrott, 47, shoot her mother and then kill himself with a shotgun. Pierce was called to the scene and notified Jefferson County authorities.
Nine other children, some married, survive.
Bio courtesy of;
Diane M Brown
Member #48346669
Kingsport, Tennessee
Wednesday, November 11, 1959
Page 18
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-
A Jefferson County couple, divorced last Friday, will be buried Thursday at a double funeral --48 hours after the husband shot his ex-wife and then himself.
Sevier County Sheriff Fred Pierce said the couple's 4-year old daughter, Jo Ann, saw her father, Emmons Parrott, 47, shoot her mother and then kill himself with a shotgun. Pierce was called to the scene and notified Jefferson County authorities.
Nine other children, some married, survive.
Bio courtesy of;
Diane M Brown
Member #48346669
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