Maximum PENALTY Woman sentenced in second husband's death
Louise Burks, 36, was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder for having her 13 year old son shoot her sleeping husband in March 1997. The case marks a second spousal murder for Burks, who defense says was abused. Judge Herman Canady noted a pattern of abusive relationships and warned of further risk. Burks had previously been convicted in Raleigh County of involuntary manslaughter in her first husband’s death in 1986. The son faces juvenile charges in the killing.
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Charleston
Louise Burks
Burks
Kanawha County
Herman Canady
Larry
Alexander Allen
Canady
Raleigh
Callen
Eccles
Obituary notices from Glenwood Springs and Fayetteville
Dr. Rosemary Wood Williams 77 of Glenwood Springs and Edith M. Winser 72 of Fayetteville died in September 1998. Williams, born 1921 in Flat Top West Virginia, taught in Maryland and West Virginia, earned a doctorate at Ohio State, and later lived with her family in Colorado. Services were held at Burns-Wornal Princeton with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Winser, retired Fayette County health department worker, died after a long illness. services conducted at Dodd-Payne-Hess Chapel Fayetteville with burial in Huse Memorial Park. Survivors include children, grandchildren, siblings, and in-laws as listed in notices.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Rosemary Wood Williams
Flat Top
Aberdeen
Ponce J
Anna Meador Wood
Harold A. Williams
Hal Williams
Michelle
Carbondale
Julia Williams
Brandon Williams
Harold M. Wood
Mary Jo
Mary Beth DeMaria
Beckley
Becky Asher
Roanoke
Dr. Williams
Shady Spring High School
West Virginia University
Morgantown
West Virginia
Harold
Philippines
Ohio State University
Williams
Havre de Grace
Fayetteville
Edith M. Winser
Ansted
P.A
Frances Bryant Anderson
Connie Winser Coates
Louisa
Rita Winser
Sarah Anderson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Goldie Stewart
Newark
Paul David Coates
Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home
Robert Mattox
Huse Memorial Park
Dodd-Payne- Hess Funeral Home
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Ithmark
Rosemary W. Williams
Ciet
Goody
Fey Goody
Goody's
Lee
Evi
Ae and
Levi's
Kati
Tee Menly
Goody’s
Eia
Eae
Tinea Ee
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