http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ Shakin' the Family Tree - Dreamwidth Studios Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:25:15 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios dee_burris personal http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/856437/913346 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ 60 100 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/97244.html Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:25:15 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/97244.html I use Familysearch a lot for Texas death records.<br /><br />I was doing some work on a neglected leg of my Burris bunch - and found a death record for my second cousin, once removed.<hr />Effie Estelle Rankin was the daughter of William Wilson Rankin and Mary Jane Jones.<br /><br />She was an old maid schoolteacher, and died at the age of 74, eight days after her birthday in 1962 in Collingsworth County, TX.<br /><br />When I look at death certificates for someone that old, I expect to see death by heart attack, cancer or stroke.<br /><br />Not because the car you were riding in pulled out in front of a train, and death was caused by a fractured skull and broken neck.<hr />I haven't been able to find a newspaper article to find out if she was driving or was a passenger.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=97244" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/97244.html texas familysearch rankin public 0