Willie Mae Thurmond

Willie Mae Thurmond, a 26-day-old Black female infant, died in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 14, 1931, after a short life that was recorded at the time in the plain, clinical language of a death certificate. Online records identify her as the daughter of Willie Thurmond and Roberta Brown, later known as Roberta Elder. Her father was the informant on the death certificate, and the official cause of death was listed as acute bronchial pneumonia, with burial following a few days later at Chestnut Hill ...