Date:    12 July 1946
Cert:    15916 
Place of Death: County: Knott  City or Town: Lackey, Ky. Rural
Name of Hospital or Institution: Stumbo Memorial Hosp.
Length of stay in hospital or community: six days
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Floyd
City or Town:  Eastern     Rural 
Full Name:  Thomas Howard ACREE 
If Veteran Name War: No
Social Security No.:  ?  (transcribed as written)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Ida MARTIN ACREE
Age of husband or wife if alive: 42 years
Birth date of deceased:  12 September 1904 
Age:  41 years, 10 months, -- days
Birthplace:  Ky. 
Occupation:  Pressure Reader 
Industry or business:  Natural Gas
Father Name:  Sam ACREE 
Father Birthplace:  Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  --ALLEN    
Mother Birthplace:   Ky. 
Informant:  Ida ACREE, Eastern, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Eastern, Ky. 
Date:  15 July 1946 
Signature of funeral director:  E. P. Arnold, Prestonsburg, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  20 July 1946 
Registrar's Signature:  Mrs. Rose. B. Craft
Date of Death:  12 July 1946 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 06 July 1946 to 12 July 1946, that I last saw him alive on 12 July 1946, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 12 noon.
Immediate cause of death:  gas gangrene 
Duration: (blank)
Due to: traumatic injuries          Other conditions:  Shock
Major findings of operations: 1) Surgical repair of wound  2) amputation Rt. arm          Of Autopsy:  None
Accident, suicide, or homicide: accident
Date of occurrence: 06 July 1946
Where did injury occur: On state highway
While at work:  No
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address:  J. S. Williams, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  19 July 1946 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 03 December 2010