DEATH CERTIFICATE

NORA ASHLEY

Date  16 August 1940
Cert:  24240
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town: (Anco, Ky.) rural
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Knott
City or Town:  rural
Full Name:  Nora ASHLEY
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Bill ASHLEY
Age of husband or wife if alive:  ? (transcribed as written)
Birth date of deceased:  28 January 1901
Age: 39 years, 06 months, 19 days
Birthplace:  Knott County, Ky.
Occupation:  House wife
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Solomon ADAMS
Father Birthplace:  Knott County
Mother Maiden Name:  Celia PARKS
Mother Birthplace:  Va.
Informant/Address:  Roscoe COMBS, Anco, Ky.
Burial Place:  Anco, Ky.
Date:  17 August 1940
Signature of funeral director/Address: Engle Undertaking Co., Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  23 October 1940
Registrar's Signature:  Macie Miller
Date of Death:  16 August 1940
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from January 1940 to August, that I last saw her alive on 15 August 1939 (transcribed as written), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 4 a.m.
Immediate cause of death: Tuberculous peritonitis
Duration: 06 months
Due to: Primary Foci lungs
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address: Guy C. Pinckley, M.D., Anco, Ky.
Date signed:  07 September 1940
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 16 August 2010