According to Maude Griner Sizemore who was a nurse in Nashville, GA, Maxie Snead Patten gave birth to her second child at Turner Hospital. The baby girl was born November 16, 1945.
The newborn was very sick, and Dr. William W. Turner made a diagnosis that she suffered from a deficiency of Vitamin K. Vitamin K plays an essential role in blood clotting, and the connection between Vitamin K deficiency and bleeding in newborns (VKDB) had only been recognized in 1944. Dr. Turner wrote a prescription for the baby girl, who responded positively. The parents decided to name the girl Kaye, in honor of the vitamin that saved her life.

Kaye Patten and her sisters.
Daughters of Maxie Snead Patten and Grover C. Patten. Left to Right: Reba Patten, Patti Patten, and Kaye Patten. The photo was taken in late 1940s, at the Grover Patten home in Nashville, GA, next door to Bill and Laura Youmans Snead, grandparents of the Patten children. (Identifications courtesy of Linda Ward Meadows).
Elizabeth Kaye Patten died September 10, 2000. She was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Adel, GA.
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