Alma Gertrude PROCTOR

1908 - 1940  (32 years)

• Name	Alma Gertrude PROCTOR
  Birth	16 Mar 1908	Summerfield, Florida
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 Dec 1940	Orlando, Florida
  Burial	Pine Level Cemetary, Oxford, Florida
  Person ID	I93	Genealogy of Ronald D. Hackett
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	James Dillon PROCTOR,   b. 17 Mar 1877   d. 29 Dec 1966, Summerfield, FL (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Emma Jane CARUTHERS,   b. 19 Aug 1879   d. 14 Apr 1972, Summerfield, FL (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1898
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ralph Charles HACKETT,   b. 30 Apr 1909, Birmingham, Alabama d. 1 Jun 1979, Orlando, Florida (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1929
  Children	1. Bessie Jane HACKETT,   b. 27 Aug 1930, Summerfield, FL d. 7 Jul 2020, Ocala, FL (Age 89 years)   2. Ralph Dillon HACKETT   3. Levin Charles HACKETT,   b. 4 Jan 1935, Summerfield, FL d. 2 Jan 2004, Springfield, MO (Age 68 years)   4. Patricia Alma HACKETT   5. Iris Linda HACKETT,   b. 26 Nov 1940, Orlando, FL d. 24 Apr 2002 (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Alma Gertrude Proctor Hackett
  		Ralph Charles Hackett and Alma Gertrude Proctor

  
  

• Notes

  Alma and Ralph fell in love when he came to Florida with his parents because of his mothers's health. After his mother died, Ralph moved away with his family. Alma and Ralph corresponded, and Alma eventually convinced Ralph to return to Florida. Donna Hackett has copies of some of Alma's love letters to Ralph. Alma died ten days after giving birth to their fifth child. After Linda's birth, doctors performed a hysterectomy and an appendectomy. Neither surgery was required for medical reasons. The surgeon apparently perforated her intestine during the operation, and Alma developed peritonitis, an inflammation of the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and the abdominal organs. Alma died a very painful death. Penicillin, an antibiotic that could have saved Alma's life, did not become widely available until a few years after her death.