Grace DeMott ¹⁵¹

   Cause of her death was Parotitis / Cholecystectomy / Pancreatitis *.

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for Virginia, Pittsylvania, Chatham, District 73, page 265B records George DeMott (Oct 1864-VA/VA/VA) (indexed as Mott at ancestry.com) Ada C. (Sept 1868-VA/VA/VA) with children Gracie (Sept 1891), Louisa (July 1892), Richard (July 1895), Mary (Dec 1896), and Mairse (Dec 1897). George is a House Painter. George and Ada have been married 11 years with 5 children all of whom are still living.

The 1910 Federal Census for Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, District 95, page 187B records the widow Ada C. DeMott (42 - VA/VA/VA) (indexed as DeMay at ancestry.com) with children Louisa (17), Mary (13), Hutter M. (11), Willie (9), and Ellen (3).

The 1910 Federal Census for Virginia, Danville (Independent City), Danville Ward 2, District 19, page 46A records Gracy DeMott (20) boarding with the Charles N. Williams family at 126 Ridge Street. Gracey is an Operator for the Telephone Company.

The 1920 Federal Census for Virginia, Danville (Independent City), Danville Ward 1, District 30, page 57B taken January 13, 1920 records the widow Ada Demott (51) with children Hutter (21), Willie (19), Ellen (16), and Richard (25) living at 679 Shelton Street.


The Bee (Danville, Virginia) November 1, 1965
Illness is fatal to Mrs. Young
Mrs. Grace DeMott Young died yesterday afternoon in Memorial Hospital. She had been in declining health for several years and had been a patient in the hospital; since last February. Mrs. Young was a native of Chatham, born Sept. 15, 1890, a daughter of the late George and Ada White DeMott. Most of her life was spent in Danville where she lived at 337 Virginia Ave. In 1910, she married William Lee Young.
Mrs. Young was a member of Main Street Methodist Church and was a former member of its Board of Stewards.
She is survived by her husband of Danville; one son, William Lee Young of Richmond; two brothers and three sisters; Richard DeMott of Charlotte Court House, George DeMott of Roanoke, Mrs. G. W. Dyer Sr. of Danville, Mrs. A. B. Williams of Charlotte Court House, and Mrs. Russell Morrison of Arlington; and five grand children.
Funeral services will be held tommorrow morning at 11 o'clock from Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel, and interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
The body will be at the funeral home, where family will receive friends from 7:30 until 9 o'clock tonight.

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Grace Demott Young [Grace Demott] (married)
Residence: 337 Virginia Ave., Danville, VA
Occupation: blank
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 75
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1890 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
Death Date: 31 Oct 1965
Death Place: Memorial Hospital, Danville, Virginia
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, VA
Registration Date: 11 Nov 1965
Father: George Demott
Mother: Ada White
Spouse: William Lee Young
Informant: William Lee Young, Jr. [son]

* Parotitis is an inflammation of one or both parotid glands, the major salivary glands located on either side of the face, in humans.
Cholecystectomy is a surgical procedure to remove your gallbladder - a pear-shaped organ that sits just below your liver on the upper right side of your abdomen.

Grace married William Lee Young Sr., son of Leonidas Edwin Young and Fannie B. Grigg, about 1911. (William Lee Young Sr. was born on 14 Apr 1887 in Lynchburg, Virginia, died on 7 Jan 1970 in Newport News, VA and was buried on 9 Jan 1970 in Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, VA.) The cause of his death was Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease / Senility.