Betty Jane Burkett (1932 - 1935)

Born 18 Jun 1932 in Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Aug 1935 at age 3 in Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Betty Burkett died young.

This profile is part of the Burkhart Name Study.

Betty Jane Burkett was born on 18 June 1932 in Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States, daughter of William Hershel Burkett (1901–1983) and Lois Ellen Maness (1905–1991).^[1]

Her siblings were:

• Georgia Burkett (~1925–~unk5)
• William Hershel Burkett (1926–1927)
• James Thomas Burkett (1934–1993)
• Mary Ruth Burkett (1936–2012)
• Joyce Ann Burkett (1938–2021)

Betty died on 28 August 1935 in Trenton, aged 3.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [1]}

Betty died of Pertussis. I wrote a blog post about her some time back (excerpted here)

http://italianliving.zanre.com/betty-wasnt-vaccinated/

In the great “downsizing” of 2015, when we sold our house and began our “empty nester” years, I whittled away at my book collection. Many books were given away or sold. I kept only those that I felt a strong connection to. One of the books that I kept was “Mrs. Mike, the Story of Katherine Mary Flannigan”. I read it first in Middle School, and the story had a huge impact on me. It was the story of a New England girl who married a Canadian Mounted Policeman and ended up in the Northern Wilds of Canada. It was a tale of hardship and struggle, especially for someone who had never really known such concepts before.

What really stuck with me though, was that this young family lost all of their children in an epidemic, and like so many of that time period, ended up with a “second family” that was to give them some relief from the sorrow of children lost. This was before Jonas Salk and Marie Curie changed the world. This was before three strong generations of Americans who knew no real suffering from preventable childhood illnesses.

One of the only pictures I have ever seen of my Aunt Betty is of her lying serenely in her coffin. Aged 3, she succumbed to pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough. My grandparents lost two of seven children by the age of three. When Betty died, my grandmother was pregnant with her 6th child. It had been 8 years since her first-born son had died at 17 months. In addition to Betty, my grandparents had a 7 year old, 5 year old and an 8 month old in their home. And Betty and my 8 month old father were sick. Perilously so. There was so much concern that my 8 month old father would die on the night of August 28, 1935 that they held a prayer vigil for him, begging God to spare him, while quietly Betty took her last breath in the other room.

A now preventable childhood disease changed many lives that night. Aunt Betty died, and the suffering for my Grandparents was almost unbearable. How could God have taken one, while the other was being so dutifully covered with prayerful intercession? The story of his triumph against death, told many times as he grew up, gave my Dad both survivor’s guilt and an obsession with being worthy of God’s choosing him. So many lives affected by a single young death. A single death multiplied hundreds of times in the community that summer.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) rations, Inc. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.49 Name: Page,
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2. ↑ Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re) blication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re.22 Name: Page Note: birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee burial date: 19 Sep 1935 burial place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, TN,
   birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee burial date: 19 Sep 1935 burial place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, TN.
   Ancestry Record fstennesseedeath #943389.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis) rovo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951 Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis.Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 9 11 Name: Page Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 9 Note: death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee,
   Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 9 Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 9 death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee.
   Ancestry Record tndeathrecords #525020.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) om Operations, Inc. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.45 Name: Page,
   95 Name: Page.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) rations, Inc. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.49 Name: Page,
   99 Name: Page.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re) blication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re.22 Name: Page Note: birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee burial date: 19 Sep 1935 burial place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, TN,
   birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee burial date: 19 Sep 1935 burial place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, TN.
   Ancestry Record fstennesseedeath #943389.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis) rovo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951 Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1951. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1951. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Tennessee City Death Records Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis.Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 9 11 Name: Page Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 9 Note: death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee,
   Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 9 Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 9 death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee.
   Ancestry Record tndeathrecords #525020.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) om Operations, Inc. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.45 Name: Page,
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9. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) rations, Inc. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.49 Name: Page,
   134 Name: Page.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re) blication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874–1955." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled re.22 Name: Page Note: birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee burial date: 19 Sep 1935 burial place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, TN,
    birth date: 18 JUN 1932 birth place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee Name: Betty Jane Burkett death date: 28 AUG 1935 death place: Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee burial date: 19 Sep 1935 burial place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, TN.
    Ancestry Record fstennesseedeath #943389.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) om Operations, Inc. TID 0 Name: Footnote Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) Name: ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 Name: Bibliography Ancestry.com. Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.45 Name: Page,
    152 Name: Page.