Vernon Marie Conner Penicks, 34, female, was shot to death in Magazine, Arkansas, on May 21, 1955. She was killed alongside her 11-year-old daughter, Veda Marilyn Penicks, a double tragedy that shook the small Logan County community. Contemporary memorial listings place both deaths on the same day and in the same town, documenting the case as a fatal shooting.
Born Vernon Marie Conner, she had ties to Terry County, Texas, where family records note the Penicks’ roots. After the killings
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