DEATH CERTIFICATE

HERMAN BATES

Date:  12 November 1947
Cert:  24840
Place of Death: County: Letcher  City or Town: Payne Gap, Ky.
Street No. or Location:  (blank) 
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Letcher
City or Town:  Payne Gap, Ky.
Full Name:  Herman BATES
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  ?
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Iva Harriett DRAUGHN
Age of husband or wife if alive:  60 years
Birth date of deceased:  ? February 1885
Age: 62 years, 08 months, ? days
Birthplace: Knot County, Ky. 
Occupation:  Miner
Industry or business: Elkhorn Coal Co., Kona, Ky.
Father Name:  Sylvian TAYLOR
Father Birthplace:  Va.
Mother Maiden Name:  Martha BATES
Mother Birthplace:  Kentucky
Informant:  Mrs. Viola AKERS, Jenkins, Ky.
Burial Place:  Whitaker, Ky.
Date:  15 November 1947
Signature of funeral director: (Cra?? illegible) Funeral Home, Neon, Ky. (illegible)
Date received by local registrar: 21 November 1947
Registrar's Signature:  E. M. Collins
Date of Death:  12 November 1947
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 01 May 1947 to 12 November 1947, that I last saw him alive on 12 November 1947, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 3:30 p.m.
Immediate cause of death: Malignancy of stomach Hemorrhage
Duration: 05 months
Due to: (blank)
Major findings of operations: None     Of Autopsy:  None
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address: B. F. Wright, M.D., Seco, Ky.
Date signed:  20 November 1947
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 22 June 2010