Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Glover, Franklin & Betty Wise, 1963 

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FRANKLIN EMMIT AND BETTY VIOLA WISE GLOVER 

DOUBLE FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MAN, WIFE KILLED IN SHOOTING 

   Double funeral services were held Wednesday for a 38 year old Franklin man 
and his 27 year old wife, who died following an apparent murder and suicide.

   Franklin Glover, a resident of the Airport Apartments, apparently shot his 
wife, Betty Wise Glover, then took his own life with a 12 gauge shotgun Monday 
around 4 p.m.

   The couple were found dead around 7:30 p.m. by Mrs. James Glover, a sister-
in-law, who lives in an apartment across the street from them.

   Glover, a crane operator and log scaler in the Lumber Yard at Union Bag-
Camp for more than 13 years, was a native of Franklin.

   The shooting apparently occurred following a domestic quarrel according to 
Isle of Wight Deputy Sheriff B.F. Dixon.

   Dixon said Mrs. Glover had visited them earlier in afternoon.  They were 
quarreling and she left.  A few minutes later she heard what she thought were 
fire crackers, said Dixon.

   She returned about 7:30 and saw their bodies when she looked through a 
window.

   She called Franklin police, who notified Isle of Wight authorities.

   Dr. T.A. Morgan, Southampton County medical examiner, said Mrs. Glover 
apparently died instantly from the discharge of a 12-guage shotgun into her 
chest, while her husband, who had shot himself in the abdomen, probably lived 
a while in an unconscious condition.

   Their 8 year-old daughter and only child, Frankie Peggy Glover, was 
visiting the James Glover [home] at the time of the dual tragedy.

   A daughter of Pierre and Mrs. Jule Elizabeth Shumbert Wise of Smithfield, 
Mrs. Glover was a Lexington, S.C., native and a member of Roan Baptist Church.

   Her survivors, besides her parents and daughter, include two sisters, Mrs. 
John R. Conwell, Jr., of Franklin and Mrs. John D. Stanley II of Smithfield; 
and five brothers, Calvin R. Wise of Goldsboro, N.C., Elmer O. Wise of Camp 
Pendleton, Calif., Marvin R. Wise of Carrsville, Vance R. Wise of Augusta, 
Ga., and Charles D. Wise of Engle, Wis.

   A son of Emmett Lee Glover and the late Mrs. Peggy Story Glover, the 
husband was a native of Franklin and a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   Surviving, besides his father and daughter, are a brother, James C. Glover 
of Franklin, and four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Glover Hand, Mrs. Barham Glover 
Britt and Mrs. Angela Glover Kreech of Franklin and Mrs. Inez Donaldson of 
Williamstown, N.J.

   A double funeral service was conducted at W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral 
Home by the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, Jr., of Beaver Dam Baptist Church and Rev. 
C.W. McKay of Church of God.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers for Franklin Glover were Jimmy Duck, Jimmy Kotel, David 
Munford, D.L. Padgett, C.C. Daughtrey, Willie Person.


Franklin Emmit GLOVER, Union Bag-Camp crane operator & log scaler, 
Franklin native, suicide 31 Dec 1962, at home, Isle of Wight Co., age 38, 

Betty Viola (WISE; Mrs. Franklin E.) GLOVER, 
Lexington, SC native, 
murdered 31 Dec 1962, at home, Isle of Wight Co., age 27, 

interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 90A*), Franklin, 
   2 Jan 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 3, 1963, Sect. I, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Franklin's parents, Emmit L. & Peggy N. (STORY) GLOVER, are buried in 
   Mt. Horeb Methodist Church Cemetery - Emmit with 1st wife Mamie 
   (Peggy's sister), and Peggy apparently unmarked. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-11 & -12): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


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