DEATH CERTIFICATE

GASTLE BREEDING

Date 25 August 1940
Cert: 19832
Place of Death: County: Letcher City or Town: Jenkins
Name of Hospital or Institution: Jenkins Hosp.
Length of stay in hospital or community: 1 wk.
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky. County: Knott
City or Town: Red Fox
Full Name: Gastle BREEDING
If Veteran Name War: No
Social Security No.: none
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of: (blank)
Birth date of deceased: 25 December 1921
Age: 18 years, 08 months
Birthplace: Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation: Laborer
Industry or business: Lumber mill
Father Name: William BREEDING
Father Birthplace: Knott Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name: Jane ADAMS
Mother Birthplace: Letcher Co., Ky.
Informant: Luther BREEDING, Red Fox, Ky.
Burial Place: Red Fox, Ky.
Date: 26 August 1940
Signature of funeral director: D. F. Burke, Whitesburg, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 30 August 1940
Registrar's Signature: E. W. Collins
Date of Death: 25 August 1940
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 19 August 1940 to 25 August 1940, that I last saw him alive on 25 August 1940, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 3:40 p.m.
Immediate cause of death: Fractured skull
Other conditions: Fractured Rt. Femur
Major findings of operations: Depressed fracture of skull & Laceration of cerebral cortex
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Accident (auto.)
Date of occurrence: 18 August 1940
Where did injury occur: Public Place (Highway)
While at work: No
Means of injury: Automobile accident
Signature: F. D. Willey, M.D., Jenkins, Ky.
Date signed: 25 August 1940
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 30 January 2010