Myrtis Lewanna Cornelius

1935 - 1958  (22 years)

• Name	Myrtis Lewanna Cornelius
  Nickname	June
  Born	29 Jun 1935	Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Apr 1958	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
  Buried	7 Apr 1958	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
  	Earthman Resthaven Cemetery
  Person ID	I10290	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Fred Carnelius
  Mother	Marjorye Moon
  Family ID	F2680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Addison Hampton Hilton,   b. 4 Sep 1928, El Campo, Wharton, Texas, USA ,   d. 30 Apr 2004  (Age 75 years)
  Married	9 Aug 1956	Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Travis Ray Hilton,   b. 11 Dec 1956,   d. 11 Dec 1956  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 9 Aug 1956 - Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas, USA Died - 5 Apr 1958 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA Buried - 7 Apr 1958 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lewanna George Hilton 1933 - 1958 ------------------ Travis Ray Hilton Infant Son, 1956 ------------------------- Wife and Son of Addison Hampton Hilton 1928 - 2004 Per her certificate, the cause of Myrtis's death was "Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen...In a Church." She died at Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Dallas Morning News (Texas) Tuesday, 8 April 1958 - pg. 5 [via GenealogyBank] SUICIDE SET Guard Hurt In Church's 2d Shooting HOUSTON, Texas (AP). -- A guard was wounded early Monday in a second shooting within 48 hours in the downtown Christ Church Cathedral, headquarters for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. ...Mrs. Myrtis Jane Lewanna Hilton, 22, a nursing student, shot herself to death in the church Saturday afternoon as church women were decorating the altar for Easter services... [Another news article states, "Her body was found in a rear aisle of the church."] Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light (Texas) 8 April 1958 - pg. 1 [via Newspapers.com] Justice Blasts Pistol Purchases HOUSTON, April 7 (AP) -- Justice of Peace Dave Thompson said today Dist. Atty. Dan Walton has "arbitrarily" decided the law requiring letters of good character in pistol sales is invalid, and is making no effort to prosecute cases filled under the law. He said two recent suicides, that of a mother, 22, and her former boy friend, might have been averted had the law been enforced properly. Thompson's blast was prompted by the fact that both Mrs. Lewanna Hilton, who shot herself Saturday in Christ Church Cathedral, and Darrell Dishman, who killed himself in a bar March 29, had bought pistols only hours before killing themselves. [According to his certificate, Darrell Dewayne Dishman died of a "Gunshot Would of Left Chest." Place of injury was a "beer tavern" in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Darrell was born 7 October 1935 in Nebraska to parents Lee Dishman and Nellie Godfrey. Wife Carrie was the informant on his death certificate.]