Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sturgess, James K. February 27, 1903
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Virginian Pilot February 28, 1903

                       CHOKED TO DEATH AT MORNING MEAL

James K. Sturgess, Aged 69 Years, Got Piece of Food Caught in His Throat 
Yesterday Morning--Died Quickly

While eating breakfast at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Albert J. Gray, 602 
West Brambleton avenue, yesterday morning shortly after 10 o'clock, Mr. James K. 
Sturgess was attacked by a fit of coughing, caused, it is said, by a particle of 
food becoming lodged in his throat.
Assistance was hurriedly rendered him by his relatives, but the violence of the 
attack was such that he never rallied from it and died at 11:30 o'clock, about 
an hour after being taken with the coughing spell.
Mr. Sturgess was in the 69th year of his age.
His funeral will take place from the above address at 4 o'clock this afternoon. 
At the Gray residence last evening only the most meagre of details could be 
secured regarding the aged man's death.


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