An Omaha woman was widowed within an hour of saying “I do” to the love of her life. Her husband passed out and succumbed to complications connected to a blood clot moments after their wedding vows were complete.
Toraze Davis and Johnnie Mae Dennis Davis were married on June 19, 2023. They chose the date because of its significance to their family. Not only was it the commemoration of Juneteenth, but also the bride’s grandmother’s birthday.
After the nuptials ended and the couple was gathered outside of the Ebenezer Baptist Church to take pictures, Toraze collapsed in front of all of the guests.
Jewel Roberson, Johnnie Mae’s friend, recalled the horrific course of events, saying, “His heart stopped for the first time at 4:35, just an hour after the ceremony had begun.”
“Toraze suffered from a medical event that was not survivable,” Roberson added during an interview with KETV. “In a second. It happened within seconds.”
The groom died after experiencing a blood clot. He was only 48 years old.
There are two types of blood clots that prove to be deadly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE).
Statistics state that each year an estimated 900,000 Americans experience blood clots with 60,000 to 100,000 actually dying as a result of the dangerous irregularity in the blood vessels. Twenty-five percent of the people who die suddenly from blood clots, specifically pulmonary embolisms, have never had a symptom before their demise.
Toraze’s death seemed to be sudden and compounded by two other deaths that happened recently that had already gripped Johnnie Mae with bereavement. According to her friends, she had recently lost someone close and was still mourning the recent death of her father.
The wedding was supposed to be a bright spot after so much grief — and it was for a short while.
Monica Miller, a friend of Johnnie Mae, said, “It was the…
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