Stokes TATE

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Sequatchie Valley News Sept. 18, 1940:

DOUBLE CRIME IN GRUNDY..STOKES TATE KILLS WIFE WITH RIFLE THEN TURNS IT ON SELF
Stoker Tate, 25, shot and killed his wife, Frances Tate, 33, at their home today and then turned the .22 caliber rifle on himself and inflicted a fatal wound. Acting Coroner Henry Meyers returned a verdict of murder and suicide. Cause of Tate's action was not determined immediately. He had been a WPA worker in Grundy County, but had not been working lately. Deputies Jim McGovern and Oscar Price, and the coroner investigated. Five children survive the Tates. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow."

Southern Standard, McMinnville, Warren County, TN, Friday, September 20, 1940

Beersheba Man kills Wife, Then Suicides

Stokes Tate, 25, Beersheba, former WPA employee, shot and killed his 33 year old wife, Tuesday with a 22-calibre rifle, then took his own life with the same weapon, according to the report of officers of that county. The shooting occurred at the Tate home in the presence of Mrs. Tate's five young children by a former marriage. A Coroner's verdict was murder and suicide.



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