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Thomas Lanty Ervine

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Thomas Lanty Ervine

Birth
Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Death
29 Feb 1956 (aged 24)
Belle, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Saint Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.3751139, Longitude: -81.81475
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Son of Lanty Ervine and Walda Conale. Thomas married Lorraine Ellen Lucas in 1953 in Kanawha Co., WV. Thomas was a Korean War veteran and had worked as an automobile salesman.

On February 28, 1956, Thomas took prospective buyer, 27 year old Robert Lee Hopkins, for a test drive in a used automobile. Just off Route 60, Robert began to beat Thomas in the head with a lug wrench, then stripped him and threw him out into the elements.

Robert Hopkins was executed for the crime on September 7, 1956.
Son of Lanty Ervine and Walda Conale. Thomas married Lorraine Ellen Lucas in 1953 in Kanawha Co., WV. Thomas was a Korean War veteran and had worked as an automobile salesman.

On February 28, 1956, Thomas took prospective buyer, 27 year old Robert Lee Hopkins, for a test drive in a used automobile. Just off Route 60, Robert began to beat Thomas in the head with a lug wrench, then stripped him and threw him out into the elements.

Robert Hopkins was executed for the crime on September 7, 1956.


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