Glynn Wolfe (July 25, 1908 – June 10, 1997), also known as Scotty Wolfe, was an American

Baptist minister Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...

who resided in

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. Wolfe is best known for having the largest number of monogamous marriages, having married 31 different times, although one of his marriages was

annulled Annulment is a legal procedure within secular and religious legal systems for declaring a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to be invalid from the beginning almost ...

. His shortest marriage lasted 19 days, and his longest lasted eleven years. Three of his marriages were to women he had previously divorced: remarried Charlotte Devane in 1936, after divorcing earlier that year; remarried Katherine Archer in 1949 after divorcing the previous year; and Sharon Goodwin in 1960 after divorcing the previous year. Only five of his marriages ended with the death of a spouse, surviving his 1st, 8th, 9th and 23rd wife, before being survived by his 31st wife. His longest marriage was for 11 years, to his 28th wife, Christine Camacho, who was 37 years his junior. Wolfe's final marriage was to Linda Taylor, who holds the record for the most-married woman (23 times). The marriage was a publicity stunt, and a week after the wedding, Taylor went back to her hometown in

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, but she kept her married name. Wolfe died in

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, on June 10, 1997, 45 days before his 89th birthday. He had approximately 19 children. His body went unclaimed, and he was eventually buried in

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. None of the 28 women he legally married, and only one of his children, attended the funeral service.

Marriages

Between 1926 and until his death in 1997, Wolfe married 29 different women. Some marriages remain unverified. However, according to the ''

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'', this list is accurate. # Marcie McDonald (1926–1927; her death) # Stephanie Delaney (1928–1930; divorced) # Victoria Ernest (1931; divorced) # Katherine Johnson (1932; divorced) # Rachel Jennigs-Prescott (1932–1934; divorced) # Charlotte Devane (1935–1936; divorced) # Valerie Harborn (1936; divorced) # Charlotte Devane (1936–1938; her death) # Frances Hunter (1939; her death) # Carol Demmings (1940–1944; divorced) # Priscilla Ralph (1946–1947; divorced) # Katherine Archer (1948; divorced) # Lisa Waters (1948; divorced) # Katherine Archer (1949–1951; divorced) # Nina Morgan-Stuart (1954; divorced) # Chase Jones (1955; divorced) # Kathleen Briggs (1958; divorced) # Sharon Goodwin (1958–1959; divorced) # Sharon Goodwin (1960; divorced) # Demerle Goin-Rankin (1964; divorced) # Julia Santiago (1968; divorced) # Gloria Mascari (1969; divorced) # Vivan Alvers (1970–1973; her death) # Maria Velez (1977–1980; divorced) # Guadalupe Chavez (1979; divorced) # Maria Chavez (1979–1982; divorced) # Eileen Shelton (1982–1984; divorced) # Christine Camacho (1984–1995; divorced) # Bonny Lee Bakley (1995;

) # Emily Salerno (1996; divorced) # Linda Taylor (1996–1997; his death)

Death

Wolfe died on June 10, 1997 in a

nursing home of heart disease at the age of 88.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfe, Glynn People from Blythe, California 1908 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States

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Death

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