I remember all that happening too John. We only lived two blocks away on First Avenue. Remember driving by the corner of Tyler and Fairfax Sts and observing that same scene. Phoebe -----Original Message----- >From: John Ford <johnlford@embarqmail.com> >Sent: Jun 15, 2010 5:59 PM >To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Alice Lorena Bishop & Granville Hosea Akers&AllenEdward Mann > > > >> John - thanks for the information! That is so sad about the 2 families >> that >> the husband killed them. Especially when the children are killed or seen >> it. >> That is so sad. >> >> Sharon >> > >Sharon: I remember the killings like it was yesterday. My step-dad and I >were headed up toward Bethel in his old '38 Chevy and we heard the news on >the radio that Joe Howell had killed his family. We turned around and drove >the 3 or so miles to their house. When we got there there were police cars >every where and bloody mattresses in the yard. Still hard to comprehend. >Joe hadn't been back from the war that long, people said he was >"Shell-shocked" and he was sure he was about to loose his job, so he took >that way out. > >I had been in their house before and Joe was a really nice person. > >The Guy Mills thing is a little different - Loma Fay was messing around and >Guy found out about it, so he killed her, and then shot himself. > >I was born and raised about a mile from the Wurzburgers. > >John in Ohio > > > To contact Listowner: >Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message bye