Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Adams, Tosh W. Jr., 1961 

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King's Fork Boy Dies of Lockjaw

  Ten-year-old Tosh Washington Adams Jr., a fifth grader at Kings Fork School, 
died late yesterday afternoon in Obici Memorial hospital, after losing a 
six-weeks battle against lockjaw. 

  The youngster stepped on a nail protruding from a board at his home on Route 
3, on June 10, and after a week of treatment at home, was hospitalized for the 
rest of the time.  His death came from complications arising from lockjaw, 
including two operations to help feed him, the attending physician said. 

  The boy made what appeared to be two recoveries, once while still at home 
when the injury seemed to be nothing more than a pain in his foot, plus fever, 
and another in the hospital, before taking a turn for the worse.  A week after 
the accident, he was out in the yard of his home, but on the following morning 
his mother found him with the locked jaws that are the symptoms of tetanus, 
and he was taken to the hospital. 

  The doctor said the boy had not received the customary "baby shots" that 
include a tetanus injection and which could have protected him from the start. 
The boy's mother said last night she hopes all parents take heed of the 
consequences. 

  An autopsy will be performed, the parents said, and no funeral arrangements 
have been made. The body is at Baker Funeral Home. 

  Surviving beside Mr. and Mrs. Adams are two brothers, Juan and Johnny, and 
five sisters, Mrs. Fletcher Goodrich of Driver; Mrs Joan Eure of Suffolk and 
Anita, Linda and Avonda Adams, all of the home, and the paternal grandmother, 
Mrs. Dessie Adams of Norfolk. 

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Lockjaw Victim's Rites Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for Tosh Washington Adams Jr., 10-year-old son of Mr. and 
Mrs. T.W. Adams of Rt. 3, who died Saturday of lockjaw, will be conducted 
tomorrow at 2 p m. at Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. Dr. H.S. Hardcastle, 
pastor of Berea Christian Church, and the Rev. Dr. R.E. Brittle, pastor of 
Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial will be in Oakland Christian Church 
Cemetery, Chuckatuck. 


Tosh Washington ADAMS, Jr., son of T.W. Sr. & Lillian Gladys (WILLFORD) ADAMS, 
b. 1 Jun 1951, Nansemond Co., d. 22 Jul 1961, Suffolk, 
interred in Newman Memorial Cemetery*, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, 
   25 Jul 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 173, Sun., July 23, 1961, p. 1, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #157342446, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 174, Mon., July 24, 1961, p. 3, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #157342446, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

A photo of his gravestone - added by SweetGoldfish - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #157342446, which gives his mother's maiden name as 
   WILLIFORD. 

B.Cert. 36650 

D.Cert. 18784 (Chuckatuck #235) 

His parents are also buried there. 


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