Murrey, Ella, Death Certificate, 1925

Author

Pinellas County

Files

Publication Date

10-28-1925

Abstract

Death certificate for Ella Murrey. Her first name is incorrectly spelled "Ellie" on the certificate. The death certificate calls her cause of death a homicide. However, according to the St. Petersburg Times on October 29, 1925, page 2, Murrey reportedly shot herself at her sister's home in heartbreak after her husband left her with their two children.

Age: 27

Death Date: October 28, 1925

Cause: Homicide; Shot through the neck with pistol resulting in broken neck according to autopsy

Burial Date: October 28, 1925

Location: Evergreen Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

Husband: Jessie Murrey

Father: George Sawyer of Lumpkin, Georgia

Mother: Lellie Mosely of Lumpkin, Georgia

Undertaker: G.G. Royal

Keywords

Evergreen Cemetery (St. Petersburg Fla.), Homicide, Gunshot wounds

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Type

Genealogical Record

Recommended Citation

Pinellas County, "Murrey, Ella, Death Certificate, 1925" (1925). Evergreen Genealogical Records. 239.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/evergreen_genealogical_records/239