Carol Ann (Crockett) Richardson

May 22, 1937 – May 18, 1966

Mrs. Carol Ann Richardson, Perry native who would have observed her 29th birthday Sunday, died at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Starke, Fla.

A coroner’s inquest ruled death was caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Mrs. Richardson was born May 22, 1937, in Perry; and was married here Feb. 2, 1963, to Gene Richardson. The couple had made their home in Oklahoma City.

She was the daughter of Ernest Charles Crockett, a patient in Green Valley Nursing Home, and the late Mary Marguerite (Atherton) Crockett.

In addition to her father and her husband, survivors include two sons, Alfred Glen Anthony and Bryan Gene Richardson, both of the home in Oklahoma City;
four sisters, Mrs. Walter (Eula) Karcher and Mrs. Murl (Dora Lee) Franklin, Perry; Mrs. Eugene (Ladene) Webb, Morrison; and Mrs. Wilburn (Mary) Tubbs, Orlando; and two brothers; Rev. Del Crockett, Glenwood, Iowa; and Bill Dean Crockett, Denver, Colo.