Henry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Posey William Hancock November 4, 1932
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The Henry Bulletin November 4, 1932
THE HENRY BULLETIN, Martinsville, Va., Fri., Nov. 4, 1932, p. 1, col. 4 
[edited].  A double homicide occurred at Bassett Wednesday morning when William 
Posey Hancock, 40, slew his wife, Serena Hancock, 30, and then turned a gun 
against his body and fatally wounded himself, he dying in a local hospital here 
that night.  No reasons were given for the dual tragedy.  Hancock, about nine 
o’clock, went from this home to his garage, next door, where he procured a shot 
gun.  A few minutes after he returned to his home, several shots rang out, and 
neighbors ran into the residence to investigate.  They found Mrs. Hancock lying 
on the floor of the kitchen.  A short distance away, the husband was found, 
suffering from a gunshot wound.  Hancock with his family, had made Bassett their 
home for nearly ten years, coming there from the western section of Franklin 
county.  He conducted a general automobile repair business.  The family resided 
at the north end of the main street of the Furniture City with the garage next 
to the residence.  Two children survive.  Funeral services were scheduled to 
have been held yesterday.

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