Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Byrd, Bessie L. Gardner, 1921 

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Bessie Lee (GARDNER; Mrs. C. Oscar) BYRD, 
   15 Jun 1886 - 8 Feb 1921, death certificate abstract 

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Certificate of Death, Vol. 566, No. 4510 
Commonwealth of Virginia 
Department of Health 
Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} 

Place Of Death: Southampton Co., Magisterial District of Franklin, Va. 
Registration District No. 2874; Registered No. 8 


Full Name: Bessie Lee Byrd 

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Personal and Statistical Particulars 

Sex: Femal [Female] 
Color or Race: White 
Married; Spouse: C[?] O. Byrd [first initial overwritten*] 
Date of Birth: June 15/1886 
Age: 34 Years, 7 Months, 23 Days 

Occupation: Hous wif [sic] 

Birthplace: Nansemond Co., VA 

Father: 
-Name: Capt. G.W. Gardner 
-Birthplace: Isle of Wight 

Mother 
-Maiden Name: Sarah Collins 
-Birthplace: Nansemond Co. 

Informant: C.O. Byrd 
            Franklin, Va. 

Filed: Feby. 12, 1921 
Registrar: C.C. Vaughan 
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Medical Certificate of Death 
Date of Death: Feb. 8, 1921 

I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Dec. 1, 1920 to Feb. 7" 1921 
I last her alive on Feb. 7, 1921 
Death is said to have occurred, on the date stated above, at 6 A.M. 

The Principal Cause of Death and Related Causes of Importance in 
Order of Onset were as follows: 
   Encephalitis                    Duration: 2 yr., - mos. 

Contributory (Secondary): - 

Where was disease contracted if not at place of death? [blank] 
Did an operation precede death? Yes  Date of Mar 16/1[...; runs off page] 
Was there an autopsy? no 
What test confirmed diagnosis? - 

         E.A de Bordenave, M.D., 
2/11, 1921   Franklin, Va. 
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Burial: Franklin, Va.**, Feb. 9, 1921 
Undertaker: W.J.M. Holland & so[n; runs off page] 
               Franklin, Va. 
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The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 
Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 566-4510 

Additional information: 
*Not found in Southampton Co. marriage records, through 1912. 
 Husband's name from obituary ("Tidewater News," Feb. 11, 1921), posted at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b630b1ob.txt 

**The graves of Bessie & her husband were apparently covered by ivy and missed 
  by the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, when 
  Poplar Spring Cemetery was transcribed- only Oscar's second wife was noted. 
  She has been struck from the unmarked/unknown locations page, and they have 
  been added to the list for Section 2, Plot 18B: 
  http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 
Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com (Dec 2011) [brackets mine] 
Special thanks to Mitchell & Lois Byrd. 

file size: 4 Kb 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b630b1dc.txt