Chambers County AlArchives Photo Document.....Yates, Nancy Ann Thrower Death Certificate February 7, 1916
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Death Certificate of Nancy Ann Thrower Yates
County of Death: Chambers
Town of Death: Lanett
Certificate# 540
Date of death: Feb 7, 1916
cause of death Senility
White
female
age: 68 years

Additional Comments:
Nancy Ann Thrower Yates death certificate. Even though Senility is listed as cause of death, she took
 lauderdum which was a pain killer from the Civil War, and she became addicted to it as did her daughter Dora. One of our distant
cousins, Nemba Pera (now deceased), told me that Nancy had arthritus or bursitus and the pain was so great that she took the lauderdum 
to ease the pain. Nemba said that the reason Dora took lauderdum was because her last husband "brought a disease into her". A nice way
of saying he had  Gonorrhea (at one time called the "Clap") or syphillis.  I still cannot find out the name of that husband, nor can I find her death certificate.  
Nemba said that Nancy died one day and Dora died the next. Dora had a good friend and they had made dresses that looked alike. When Nancy died, Dora 
put her new dress on her mother to be buried in.  When Dora died, her friend put her new dress on Dora.  The tombstone for Nancy Yates, located next
to J. D. Yates (our great grandfather) is also the tombstone for Dora.  Nancy and Dora were buried in separate caskets in the same grave according to
Aunt Jessie Mae Yates Hughey.
Nancy died Feb 7, 1916 and Dora died Feb 8, 1916. According to Aunt Jessie Mae Yates Hughey, who was about 8 or nine at the time, the
front room of the house was set up with chairs so friends and relatives could come visit and view the deceased (Nancy). Dora was sitting in a chair
crying very hard.  Aunt Jessie said, "Then Dora was bent over crying and holding on to her head screaming, and Aunt Dora fell out into
the floor - dead. I was there and I saw it happen." Another note of interest is that Sam Scannella, husband of Grandpa Yates sister, Mattie, had
at first asked Dora out, or asked her to marry him.  She told him that she was sick with a disease, but she had a sister who might date or marry
him. That is how Sam (Salvatore Scannella) met Mattie and eventually married her. Mattie was Nemba's grandmother. Nemba's mother was Maudie
Ingle.  Uncle J. D. said that back then when people died, the family would cover the mirrors with black cloth, stop the clock when the person died, 
and put  coins on the person's eyes.  I believe the myth of covering the mirrors is so that the person who had died would not present themself in the mirror. 
Stopping the clock was to let the doctor know at what time the person died. 
Putting coins over the eyes was to keep the eyes from coming open during the rigor process.

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