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Note: Not much is known about Ada but from the family pictures and items Lalia, Ada's sister placed in her scrapbook, you can draw the conclusion that Ada was a very outgoing, social individual. Pictures of Ada always have her surrounded by friends, with a big smile on her face and in her eyes. She was a very pretty woman and seemed to enjoy her life, friends, family, church and job. She worked in Birmingham at the phone company and seemed so full of life. It is so sad that Ada died at the very peak of her life, at the age of 29, with her whole life ahead of her. I can only imagine the pain this caused her dear sister, Lalia, friends and other family members.
Her tombstone reads" A believer in God".
Ada became sick about 10 days before she died. At the time of her illness, she went to stay with her sister Lalia and her husband Roy. (Hethcox, 200 Jemison Street, Talladega, AL). Dr. Salter, a Talladega physician treated her. She continued to worsen and it was stated that her breath smelled of feces. Dr. Salter decided to operate. As with the case in those days surgery took place at home (there was only one small hospital at the time in Talladega). Dr. Salter operated on Ada on the kitchen table and she died during the operation. Given the "smell of feces" it is assumed she died of a perforated bowl, some type of colon/intestine problem or it has been stated a ruptured appendix.
(Information provided by Annie Laurie Sims Porter who was the Niece of Ada and Lalia Sims. Told to Lisa Allen Baggett 4/2002).
Update: Certificate of Death, State of Alabama, #17873
Onset of symptoms, July 3, 1926, death occurred on July 6, 1926 at 11:00 P.M. Cause of death:
Acute Intestinal Obstruction
An operation proceeded death.
Symptoms of Acute Intestinal Obstruction parallel those told to me by Annie Laura Sims. In the most severe cases of bowel obstruction the vomitus may contain fecal material because of the reversals of peristalsis and forcing of the intestinal contents backward into the stomach.
In today's world, surgical removal of the cause of obstruction is usually a colostomy, along with removal of the damaged portion of the bowel.
Lisa Allen Baggett March 2003
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