Person:Katherine Sakers (1)

Research notes

• Katie May shot and killed her husband, Samuel George Cornwell.
• She died in the Southwestern State Hospital from a coronary occlusion and generalized arteriosclerosis.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line].

   Name: Katie May Cornwell [Katie May Sakers]
   Gender: Female
   Race: White
   Age at Death: 66
   Birth Date: 10 Apr 1896
   Death Date: 15 Oct 1962
   Death Place: Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA
   Registration Date: 16 Oct 1962
   Father: William Sakers
   Mother: Ellen Johnson
   Spouse: Samuel Cornwell

2.   POSSIBLE MATCH for review.

   Joseph Philip Sommers in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
   
   Name: Joseph Philip Sommers
   SSN: xxx
   Gender: Male
   Race: White
   Birth Date: 21 Feb 1915
   Birth Place: Buchanan, New York
   Father Name: John Sommers
   Mother Name: Katherine Sakers
   Death Date: 12 Jul 1995
   Type of Claim: Original SSN.
   Notes:
   Nov 1936: Name listed as JOSEPH PHILIP SOMMERS;
   18 Jul 1995: Name listed as JOSEPH P SOMERS

3.   Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
   19 Oct 1962.

   On October 15, 1962, Katie May (nee Sakers), formerly of 1525 West Thirty-sixth street, wife of the late Samuel Cornwell and beloved mother of Mrs. Mary Spangenberg, Mrs. Addie Booth and Mrs. Charlotte Gibson.
   
   Funeral from the Burgee Funeral Home, 3621 Falls road, on Saturday, October 20, at 10 a.m. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family requests friends to call between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.