DEATH CERTIFICATE

HENRY MELVIN BACK

Date  04 August 1951
Cert:  17030
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town: Hazard
Length of stay in hospital or community:  (illegible) days
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Mt. Mary Hospital
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky. County: Knott
City or Town:  Cody
Full Name:  Henry Melvin BACK
Date of Death:  04 Augut 1951
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  04 December 1882
Age: 68 years
Usual Occupation:  Stone Mason
Kind of Industry or business: Stone Mason
Birthplace:  Kentucky
Father's Name:  John S. BACK
Mother's Maiden Name:  Elizabeth ROBERTS
Was deceased in ever in armed forces: no
Social Security No.:   none
Informant:  Vadis BACK, Cody, Ky.
Disease or condition directly leading to death:  Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Interval between onset and death:  years
Due to:  silicosis chronic nephritis
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings for operation: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Place of injury: (blank)
City or Town, County, State: (blank)
Time of Injury: (blank)
Injury occurred at work: (blank)
How did injury occur: (blank)
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 01 August 1951 to 04 August 1951, that I last saw the deceased alive on 04 August 1951, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 7:15 p.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  08 August 1951
Address:  Hazard, Ky.
Signature:  Martin Palmer, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  07 August 1951
Name of Cemetery or Creamatory:  Cody Cemetery
Location:  Cody, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 18 August 1951
Registrar's Signature:  Georgia P. (illegible)
Funeral director and address:  Maggard & Garrett, Hazard, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 17 February 2010