Letcher County KyArchives Deaths.....Stamper, Lovell February 2, 1957
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Name:                Stamper, Lovell
Date Of Death:       February 2, 1957 Time: 6pm
Place Of Death:      Letcher, Ky
Residence:           Letcher, Ky
Gender:              Female
Race:                W
Age:                 48
Marital Status:      Widowed
Spouse:              
Date Of Birth:       February 3, 1908
Place Of Birth:      Letcher, Ky
Mother's Name:       Isom, Sally
Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable
Father's Name:       Cornett, Henry
Father's Birthplace: Unavailable
Cause Of Death:      Gun shot in right chest. Instant death. Homicide
Hospital:            Unavailable
SS Number:           Unavailable
Occupation:          Housewife
Funeral Home:        Archie Craft
Doctor:              Unavailable
Coroner:             Mrs. Archie Craft
Informant:           Eva Jean Panther
Date Of Burial:      February 5, 1957
Place Of Burial:     U.Z. Cemetery 
Date Recorded:       February 6, 1957
Source Of Record:    Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965
Certificate No.:     57-3375

Thursday, April 18, 1957 Namon Lucas, 65, was indicted by the Letcher County 
Grand Jury today on a charge of murder in the death of Mrs. Lovell Stamper, 37. 
Mrs. Stamper, identifi ed by Lucas’s housekeeper at the time, was shot to death 
at Dry Fork on January 25.


 Norman Lucas, 66, of Dry Fork, was convicted of convicted of manslaughter 
Friday in the death of his housekeeper, Mrs. Lovell Stamper, last February 2. 
The jury fixed punishment for Lucas, who was indicted for murder, at 18 years 
and one day in prison on the lesser charge. Lucas testified that he shot Mrs. 
Stamper at his home when she came at him with a butcher’s knife.

Name	Lovel Stamper
Maiden Name	Cornett
Gender	Female
Birth Date	3 Apr 1909
Birth Place	Crown, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America
Death Date	2 Feb 1957
Death Place	Crown, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States of America
Cemetery	Jim Brown Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place	Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, United 
States of America
Has Bio?	Y
Children	
Harold Wayne Stamper


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