DEATH CERTIFICATE

WALTER LEE BRANHAM

Date  17 December 1940
Cert:  29247
Place of Death: County: Knott     City or Town: Lackey
Name of Hospital or Institution: Stumbo Memorial Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Floyd
City or Town:  West Prestonsburg
Full Name:  Walter Lee BRANHAM
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  03 April 1922
Age: 18 years
Birthplace:  West Prestonsburg, Ky. 
Occupation:  Laborer Gas Co.
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Goble BRANHAM
Father Birthplace:  Floyd Co.
Mother Maiden Name:  Annie SALMONS
Mother Birthplace:  West Prestonsburg, Ky.
Informant/Address:  Fletcher MAYO, West Prestonsburg, Ky.
Burial Place:  Prestonsburg, Ky.
Date:  20 December 1940
Signature of funeral director/address: E. P. Arnold, Prestonsburg, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  29 December 1940
Registrar's Signature:  Macie Miller
Date of Death:  (blank)
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 15 December 1940 to 17 December 1940, that I last saw h-- alive on 17 December 1940, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 10:15 p.m.
Immediate cause of death: Pneumonia & ruptured appendix
Duration: (blank)
Due to: (blank)
Major findings of operations: Ruptured appendix
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address: W. L. Stumbo, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  17 December 1940
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 16 August 2010