Date:   27 June 1943
Cert:   15275 
Place of Death: County: Knott     City or Town: May (rural)
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Knott
City or Town:  May (rural)
Full Name:  Bertie HALE CENTERS
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Steve CENTERS
Age of husband or wife if alive:  53 years
Birth date of deceased:  10 May 1892
Age: 48 years, 10 months, 13 days
Birthplace:  Woolf Co., Ky.
Occupation:  Housewife
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name: Alen HALE
Father Birthplace:  Letcher Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Dasha HONEYCUT
Mother Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Informant:  Steve CENTERS, May, Ky.
Burial Place:  May, Ky.
Date:  28 June 1943
Signature of funeral director: Denver Toliver, Spider, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  (blank)
Registrar's Signature:  (blank)
Date of Death:  27 June 1943
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at (blank)
Immediate cause of death:  Hypertension
Duration: (blank)
Due to: (blank)
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address: J. W. Duke, M.D., Hindman
Date signed:  25 March 1945
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 20 October 2010