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Leona Moore

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Leona Moore

Birth
Death
1936 (aged 27–28)
Burial
Mableton, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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From the Constitution of Atlanta, Georgia APRIL 1936

NURSE WHO AIDED TORNADO VICTIMS NEAR DEATH AS RESULT OF EXPOSURE

28 Years old, contracted Pneumonia from being in the elements while she helped. Miss More went into the disaster area Monday to aid the mother-in-law of a friend who had been injured and to assist other nurses in the work of relief. Tuesday afternoon, she was admitted to Grady hospital, exposure, soaking rain and hard work having exacted a grim toll

She was a heroine, her father O. L. Moore of Austell, watches at her bedside. Miss Moore lives at 600 Holderness St. S. W. She was trained at the Atlanta hospital.

She later did die.
From the Constitution of Atlanta, Georgia APRIL 1936

NURSE WHO AIDED TORNADO VICTIMS NEAR DEATH AS RESULT OF EXPOSURE

28 Years old, contracted Pneumonia from being in the elements while she helped. Miss More went into the disaster area Monday to aid the mother-in-law of a friend who had been injured and to assist other nurses in the work of relief. Tuesday afternoon, she was admitted to Grady hospital, exposure, soaking rain and hard work having exacted a grim toll

She was a heroine, her father O. L. Moore of Austell, watches at her bedside. Miss Moore lives at 600 Holderness St. S. W. She was trained at the Atlanta hospital.

She later did die.

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