Laura Bell Adkins

   Cause of her death was Cardiac Decompensation.

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for Chatham, Pittsylvania, VA, District 75, page 309B, date June 9, 1900 records Joseph L. (Dec 1870 - NC/NC/NC) and Laura B. (Nov 1880 - VA/VA/VA) Woods with their son John N. (April 1900). Jospeh and Laura have been married for 2 years and have had 1 child.

The 1910 Federal Census for Chatham, Pittsylvania, VA, District 91, page 117A, date April 29, 1910 records Joseph L. (39 - VA/NC/NC) and Laura B. (29 - VA/VA/VA) Woods with children John (10), Henson (8), Samuel (6), Irvine (4), and Hester (2). This is the 2nd marriage for Joseph and 1st for Laura. They have been married for 12 years and have had 7 children of whom 5 are still living.

The 1930 Federal Census for Chatham, Pittsylvania, VA, District 9, page 88A, date April 26, 1930 records Joe L. (58 - NC/NC/NC) and Belle (49 - VA/VA/VA) Woods with children Irving (23), Berkley (17),Vaughnie [daughter] (14), Ruby (11), and Kathern (8). Joe and Belle have been married for 21 years. Also in the household is Ralph Smith (50) who is a laborer.

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Laura Belle Wood [Laura Belle Adkins] (widowed)
Residence: Greta, Pittsylvania Co., VA
Occupation: Housewife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 73
Birth Date: 1 Dec 1880
Death Date: 14 Jul 1954
Death Place: Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Burial: July 15, 1954 at Wood Cemetery, Gretna, VA
Registration Date: 14 Jul 1954
Father: Preston Adkins
Mother: Martha Jones
Spouse: Joseph L Wood
Informant: Miss Vaughnie Wood [daughter]

Laura married Joseph Thomas Wood circa 1898. (Joseph Thomas Wood was born on 3 Dec 1870 in North Carolina, died on 5 Nov 1949 in Gretna, Pittsylvania Co., VA and was buried on 6 Nov 1949 in Wood Family Cemetery, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co., VA.) The cause of his death was Pulmonary Hemorrhage / Tuberculosis / Carcinoma Left Lung.