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Merton Clyde Cook

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Merton Clyde Cook

Birth
Death
23 Sep 1963 (aged 36)
Burial
Chapel Hill, Madison County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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From the Marshall Paper 21 May, 1964: Mrs. Blanche Cook is charged with the murder of her husband, Clyde Cook, 35, of Marshall Rt. 3 on September 23, 1963. The incident took place in the rural store near Belva which was operated by Cook, his wife, and his mother, Mrs. Kelse Cook. Sheriff E.Y. Ponder said there were six or seven witnesses to the shooting. Ponder said an argument flared up between Cook and his wife in the store, and that the woman seized a .38 caliber revolver and emptied it at her husband. He was struck in both his shoulders, the stomach and the chin and died instantly. Sheriff Ponder stated at the time that he could not jail her because of advanced pregnancy and released her to go to a hospital to await the birth of the child, her fourth.
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From the Marshall Paper 21 May, 1964: Mrs. Blanche Cook is charged with the murder of her husband, Clyde Cook, 35, of Marshall Rt. 3 on September 23, 1963. The incident took place in the rural store near Belva which was operated by Cook, his wife, and his mother, Mrs. Kelse Cook. Sheriff E.Y. Ponder said there were six or seven witnesses to the shooting. Ponder said an argument flared up between Cook and his wife in the store, and that the woman seized a .38 caliber revolver and emptied it at her husband. He was struck in both his shoulders, the stomach and the chin and died instantly. Sheriff Ponder stated at the time that he could not jail her because of advanced pregnancy and released her to go to a hospital to await the birth of the child, her fourth.


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