Death Records

Gotcher Family

Transcribed by Barbara Gotcher

Gotcher, J. B. (baby) 7-16-1904
Gotcher, Rhoda Carrall 5-9-1911
Gotcher, Dalton Odell 7-18-1912
Gotcher, Jimmie Gregory 12-19-1933
Gotcher, Nat S. 1-29-1948
Gotcher, Charlie 9-9-1948
Gotcher, Amanda Ennaline 1-29-1957 Book 1957 page 317
Gotcher, Elsie Katherine 4-7-1961
Gotcher, Bessie 11-5-1965
Gotcher, Charles Alston 10-3-1966
Gotcher, Gibbie Dudley 11-21-1970
Gotcher, Luda Elizabeth 8-8-1975
Gotcher, James Roberts 8-9-1976
Gotcher, Carl Lloyd 7-22-1979
Gotcher, Gladys D. 8-5-1981
Gotcher, Frances Elizabeth 6-6-1985
Landrum, A. J. 6-5-1908
Landrum, Idella 10-31-1929
Landrum, R. L. 4-20-1931
Landrum, Silus Sanders 7-9-1933 Volume 5 page 286
Landrum, William Onell 5-5-1938
Landrum, Shirley Ann 1-14-1939
Landrum, Silas Conway 7-28-1953
Landrum, Melissa Mae 5-19-1957
Landrum, Paul Travis 9-5-1979
Landrum, Ethel Mae 2-9-1983
Landrum, Irene Electra 9-21-1957 Book 1957 page 525
Simmons, Jessie 12-20-1910 (infant son of Jessie James Simmons)
Simmons, Henry Ervin 2-11-1917 (infant son of Jessie James Simmons)
Simmons, Josephine 10-7-1917 (mother of Jesse James Simmons)
Simmons, infant 1-23-1923 (son of Jesse James Simmons)
Simmons, Jessie J. 3-22-1944
Simmons, W. H. 3-9-1944

Common Diseases

Apoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke
Brain Fever - Meningitis
Bright's Disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys
Child bed fever - Infection following birth of a child
Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing
Cholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis.
Congestive chills/ fever - Malaria
Consumption - Tuberculosis
Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age
Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease
Dropsy of the Brain - Encephalitis
Dysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood
Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness
Falling sickness - Epilepsy
Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea
Grippe/grip - Influenza like symptoms
Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines
Lagrippe - Influenza
Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days
Lung fever - Pneumonia
Lung sickness - Tuberculosis
Meningitis - Inflation of brain or spinal cord
Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration
Nepritis - Inflammation of kidneys
Quinsy - Abscess behind tonsils
Small pox - Contagious disease with fever and blisters
Summer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk
Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness
Trench mouth - apathos ulcers or a virus disease
Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat
Tuberculosis - Bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs, but which may also affect the kidneys, bones, lymph nodes, and brain. Symptoms of TB include coughing, chest pain, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, chills, and fatigue.
Typhus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache, and dizziness
Winter fever - Pneumonia