Date:  30 July 1953
Cert:  19131 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Rural
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Street address or location:  Spider
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Rural     If rural give location:  Spider
Full Name:  Joseph E. BOWENS
Date of Death:  30 July 1953
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  10 October 1872
Age:  80 years
Usual Occupation:  Farmer
Kind of Industry or business: Farmer
Birthplace:  Letcher Co., Ky.
Father's Name:  Joesph BOWENS
Mother's Maiden Name:  Helen BECKLEY
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.: None
Informant:  Sissie BOWENS
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Cerebral Apoplexy
Interval between onset and death:  03 days
Due to:  Hypertension
Other significant conditions: Diabetes
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy:  No
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 10 January 1953 to 30 July 1953, that I last saw the deceased alive on 29 July 1953, and that death occurred at 5:25 a.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  15 August 1953
Address:  Allock
Signature:  A. B. Pigman, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  02 August 1953
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Steer Fork Cemetery
Location:  Spider, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 19 August 1953
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  John N. Taul, Hindman, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 05 February 2011