Common Causes of Death

 

Common Causes of Death

The sources, comprised of obituaries from the community, frequently provide causes of death. While not an exhaustive list of all deaths in the community, the causes mentioned in the obituaries suggest that heart attacks and accidents were common causes of death.

Heart Attacks:

Many obituaries cite heart attacks as a cause of death. Some mention a "heart condition" as a contributing factor.

• Theodore (Ted) Blackhurst died "after a short illness" attributed to a heart condition.
• Kenny Franklin Burgess died "following a heart attack".
• Neffy Hoke's death was "attributed to a heart attack".
• Clarence Fenton Hill died of a heart attack.
• Mrs. Lydia Alice Moran Slayton died of a heart attack.
• Leonard W. Hoover died after an "apparent heart attack".
• Bethel B. Middleton died from a heart attack.
• Paul Revere Overholt died "while walking near his home" from a heart attack.
• Sterling Lee Gum died "of an apparent heart attack".
• Flosten Monroe Sampson died in the hospital and his death "was attributed to a heart condition".
• Gay E. Ryder "passed away" and "Death was attributed to a heart attack".

Accidents:

The sources also describe several deaths resulting from accidents:

• David Elmer Brock "was killed" in a logging accident when his truck crashed.
• Sanford Gibson, aged 14 years, was killed "by the accidental discharge of his shot gun while squirrel hunting".
• Virgil Roy Lambert died "from wounds" when he "accidentally went off in a car".
• Calvin Keith Meeks "was accidentally electrocuted".
• Thomas Austin Moore, Sr. died "from drowning after a boat capsized in rough seas".
• Curt D. Sharp died "of multiple injuries received when he accidentally fell out of a tree".
• Glenn Hiner died "from the effects of a blow on the head by a falling limb. He was sawing down a tree".
• Mr. and Mrs. David Rader "were burned to death in the fire which destroyed their home".
• Larry and Jerry Regester "died during the flood".
• Lacy Denton Sharp died "from the effects of burns received in a fire which destroyed his home".
• Herbert Samuel Galford "was killed" "when he was run over by a log train".

These obituaries highlight how unexpected accidents often resulted in death.

The sources offer limited information on other causes of death in the community. While they mention some deaths from illnesses, they often lack specific details, making it difficult to determine the most prevalent illnesses.