TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Pursley, Lonnie Wayne
TDCJ Number: 999294
Date of Birth: 09/17/1961
Date Received: 01/20/1999
Age (when Received): 37
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 9
Date of Offense: 03/29/97
Age (at the time of offense): 35
County: Polk
Race: White
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Brown
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 8″
Weight (in Pounds): 229
Eye Color: Blue
Native County: Harris
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Cook, Laborer
Prior Prison Record: #437783, 5 year sentence from San Jacinto County for 1 count of Burglary of a Habitation, 07/08/87 released on Parole, 12/21/90 returned from Parole with a new conviction; #571873 on a 10 year sentence from San Jacinto County for 1 count of Theft By Appropriation; 06/14/91 released on Parole; 08/24/92 returned from Parole with new conviction; #621739 on a 20 year sentence from Polk and San Jacinto County for 1 count of Burglary of a Habitation; 1 count of Burglary of a Vehicle and 1 count of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle; 11/28/95 released on parole.
Summary of Incident: On 03/29/97 the subject and a co-defendant murdered Robert Earl Cook, 47-year old white male inside the Deer County Subdivision in Livingston, Texas. They took the victim into a wooded area where they beat him to death and robbed him.
Co-Defendants: None identified
Race and Gender of Victim: White Male
