Stone, Minor, Bert & Aubrey

Passed:

Age: 60

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1935-09-06

Information: The strange malady which caused the death of Minor Stone, and his two sons, Bert and Aubrey Stone, last week and the critical illness of a daughter of one of the sons, was Weild's disease, according to authorities of the State Department of Health, who investigated the cases and made several tests.  For a time it was believed that the malady might be yellow fever but the investigations and tests are said to have convinced Health officials that it is Weild's disease.  The disease appears to be highly infectious because of it's spread throughout the stricken family.  One common way for the disease to be spread about, physicians say, is that rats become infected and touch or come in contact with food.  They point out that it would be possible for an infected mosquito or rat to have brought the disease to this section by being transported by steamboats.  Minor Stone, 60 years old and father, died at a Ripley hospital Thursday morning.  His son, Aubrey, 18 years old, who was critically ill in the hospital at the time of his father's death, died about 2 hours later.  The other son, Bert Stone, about 30 years old, had died a short time previous to his father's death at the McMillion hospital in Charleston.  The latter's 10 year old daughter's condition was said to be critical.  Joint funeral services for the father and son, who died here Thursday, were held near where the Stone family lived.  State Health Commissioner, Arthur McClue and State Epidemiologist Pierce arrived here last week to make investigations and tests of the cases in an effort to find the causes of the trouble.   [Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection]