Name: Patricia Lowe Pointer
Death Date: 13 Apr 1950
Death Place: Putnam, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: 1935
Father: John Pointer
Father's Birth Place:
Mother: Mildred Gentry
Mother's Birth Place:
Collection: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955
Funeral services for Patricia Lowe Pointer, 15, daughter of John and Mildred Gentry Pointer. Services were held in Cookeville at the Methodist Church. The Rev. Thornton Fowler officiated. Burial was in Cookeville City cemetery.
A native of Putnam County, she was a sophomore at Central High School and was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, survivors include two sisters, Barbar and Betty Pointer; a brother, Jimmy Pointer, all of Cookeville; grandparetns, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Pointer of Athens and Mr. and Mrs. Solon Gentry of Cookeville.
April 27, 1950 Putnam County Herald
{Excerpted and Paraphrased}
The body of Patricia Lowe Pointer was exhumed with the consent of family to determine if her death was suicide or murder. Parafin casts of the girls' hands were made to determine if she'd fired the pistol whose bullet caused her death April 13. An autopsy is being performed but the report is not yet completed.
Howard Hunter, 37, had been held for several days in regard to the girls death and was formally arraigned Friday.
Death Date: 13 Apr 1950
Death Place: Putnam, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: 1935
Father: John Pointer
Father's Birth Place:
Mother: Mildred Gentry
Mother's Birth Place:
Collection: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955
Funeral services for Patricia Lowe Pointer, 15, daughter of John and Mildred Gentry Pointer. Services were held in Cookeville at the Methodist Church. The Rev. Thornton Fowler officiated. Burial was in Cookeville City cemetery.
A native of Putnam County, she was a sophomore at Central High School and was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, survivors include two sisters, Barbar and Betty Pointer; a brother, Jimmy Pointer, all of Cookeville; grandparetns, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Pointer of Athens and Mr. and Mrs. Solon Gentry of Cookeville.
April 27, 1950 Putnam County Herald
{Excerpted and Paraphrased}
The body of Patricia Lowe Pointer was exhumed with the consent of family to determine if her death was suicide or murder. Parafin casts of the girls' hands were made to determine if she'd fired the pistol whose bullet caused her death April 13. An autopsy is being performed but the report is not yet completed.
Howard Hunter, 37, had been held for several days in regard to the girls death and was formally arraigned Friday.
Name: Patricia Lowe Pointer
Death Date: 13 Apr 1950
Death Place: Putnam, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: 1935
Father: John Pointer
Father's Birth Place:
Mother: Mildred Gentry
Mother's Birth Place:
Collection: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955
Funeral services for Patricia Lowe Pointer, 15, daughter of John and Mildred Gentry Pointer. Services were held in Cookeville at the Methodist Church. The Rev. Thornton Fowler officiated. Burial was in Cookeville City cemetery.
A native of Putnam County, she was a sophomore at Central High School and was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, survivors include two sisters, Barbar and Betty Pointer; a brother, Jimmy Pointer, all of Cookeville; grandparetns, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Pointer of Athens and Mr. and Mrs. Solon Gentry of Cookeville.
April 27, 1950 Putnam County Herald
{Excerpted and Paraphrased}
The body of Patricia Lowe Pointer was exhumed with the consent of family to determine if her death was suicide or murder. Parafin casts of the girls' hands were made to determine if she'd fired the pistol whose bullet caused her death April 13. An autopsy is being performed but the report is not yet completed.
Howard Hunter, 37, had been held for several days in regard to the girls death and was formally arraigned Friday.
Death Date: 13 Apr 1950
Death Place: Putnam, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: 1935
Father: John Pointer
Father's Birth Place:
Mother: Mildred Gentry
Mother's Birth Place:
Collection: Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955
Funeral services for Patricia Lowe Pointer, 15, daughter of John and Mildred Gentry Pointer. Services were held in Cookeville at the Methodist Church. The Rev. Thornton Fowler officiated. Burial was in Cookeville City cemetery.
A native of Putnam County, she was a sophomore at Central High School and was a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, survivors include two sisters, Barbar and Betty Pointer; a brother, Jimmy Pointer, all of Cookeville; grandparetns, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Pointer of Athens and Mr. and Mrs. Solon Gentry of Cookeville.
April 27, 1950 Putnam County Herald
{Excerpted and Paraphrased}
The body of Patricia Lowe Pointer was exhumed with the consent of family to determine if her death was suicide or murder. Parafin casts of the girls' hands were made to determine if she'd fired the pistol whose bullet caused her death April 13. An autopsy is being performed but the report is not yet completed.
Howard Hunter, 37, had been held for several days in regard to the girls death and was formally arraigned Friday.
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