Joseph Cullen Minter, Jr.

1943 - 1978  (35 years)

• Name	Joseph Cullen Minter
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	16 Jan 1943	Gregg County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	830F661F7F3D449E93F57556E7820D1E9C12
  Death	30 May 1978	Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas, USA   [2]
  Burial	Gladewater Memorial Park, Gladewater, Upshur County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Notes	Joseph Cullen Minter, 29, was found guilty of murdering his wife Joann on 26 June 1972 at the Lake Gladewater home of her father, W L Farrar. The trial was reported in the Gilmer Mirror of 19 October 1972. Although Minter was charged with with murder with malice, the jury found him guilty of murder without malice and assesed a 5 year penitentiary term, maximum allowed for this chsrge under Texas law. Joann's death certificate says that her death was due to being shot in the head by her husband, who put a gun in her mouth and fired. Joseph must have been released from prison after a relatively short time - he married Patricia Ann Emerson in January 1974. A few years later, Joseph himself was shot dead. It happened on 30 May 1978 in the street in Gladewater and Joseph was shot three times with one shot penetrating his heart.
  Person ID	I4334	America
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph Cullen Minter,   b. 3 Dec 1917, Texas, USA d. 20 Mar 1949, Hawkins, Texas, USA (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Maggie Maudine ALLEN,   b. 29 Mar 1925, Freestone County, Texas, USA d. 30 Aug 1962, Texas, USA (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F2087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joann FARRAR,   b. 28 Feb 1946, Louisiana, USA d. 26 Jun 1972, Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas, USA (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F3674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Patricia Ann EMERSON
  Children	1. Joseph Cullen Minter, III
  Family ID	F2088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Jan 1943 - Gregg County, Texas, USA Death - 30 May 1978 - Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas, USA Burial - - Gladewater Memorial Park, Gladewater, Upshur County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S113] Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 at Ancestry.com, January 2015 and later. [S223] Texas, Death Certificates, 1903 - 1982, at ancestry.com, March 2015 and later. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.