"Diddie" (Wiley Blaine, Jr.) was the son of my great-uncle Blaine Newsome. Diddie died while his family lived in China, as my great-uncle was then working for British American Tobacco Company. The nickname "Diddie" probably is from Chinese for "little brother" ("Didi"). Family history holds that he fell from a porch and suffered a scalp or head wound which became infected, leading to his death. His body was shipped back to the states and family lore revolves around his red curls which seemed to be even longer when the casket was opened than when he died.
I was contacted by another contributor who tells me that Diddie was originally buried in Bubbling Well Road Cemetery, Sec. B, Lot 391, in Shanghai, pursuant to Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad. Apparently, he was disinterred to be brought home.
For me, I imagine an 8 year old boy looking forward to his birthday, but laid low by an unexpected result to his mischievousness, growing sick, and dying in a foreign land. The death of a child is always a sad thing, but the circumstances of Diddie's death are particularly poignant, shrouded in mystery and dimmed by time.
I was contacted by another contributor who tells me that Diddie was originally buried in Bubbling Well Road Cemetery, Sec. B, Lot 391, in Shanghai, pursuant to Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad. Apparently, he was disinterred to be brought home.
For me, I imagine an 8 year old boy looking forward to his birthday, but laid low by an unexpected result to his mischievousness, growing sick, and dying in a foreign land. The death of a child is always a sad thing, but the circumstances of Diddie's death are particularly poignant, shrouded in mystery and dimmed by time.
"Diddie" (Wiley Blaine, Jr.) was the son of my great-uncle Blaine Newsome. Diddie died while his family lived in China, as my great-uncle was then working for British American Tobacco Company. The nickname "Diddie" probably is from Chinese for "little brother" ("Didi"). Family history holds that he fell from a porch and suffered a scalp or head wound which became infected, leading to his death. His body was shipped back to the states and family lore revolves around his red curls which seemed to be even longer when the casket was opened than when he died.
I was contacted by another contributor who tells me that Diddie was originally buried in Bubbling Well Road Cemetery, Sec. B, Lot 391, in Shanghai, pursuant to Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad. Apparently, he was disinterred to be brought home.
For me, I imagine an 8 year old boy looking forward to his birthday, but laid low by an unexpected result to his mischievousness, growing sick, and dying in a foreign land. The death of a child is always a sad thing, but the circumstances of Diddie's death are particularly poignant, shrouded in mystery and dimmed by time.
I was contacted by another contributor who tells me that Diddie was originally buried in Bubbling Well Road Cemetery, Sec. B, Lot 391, in Shanghai, pursuant to Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad. Apparently, he was disinterred to be brought home.
For me, I imagine an 8 year old boy looking forward to his birthday, but laid low by an unexpected result to his mischievousness, growing sick, and dying in a foreign land. The death of a child is always a sad thing, but the circumstances of Diddie's death are particularly poignant, shrouded in mystery and dimmed by time.
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