Date:  12 March 1950
Cert:  05588 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Sassafras
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution: none
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Sassafras    Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  John A. COMBS
Date of Death:  12 March 1950
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  10 January 1877
Age:  73 years, 02 months, 02 days
Usual Occupation:  Carpenter
Kind of Industry or business: (blank)
Birthplace:  Knott County
Father's Name:  John COMBS
Mother's Maiden Name:  Dulcenia SMITH
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Nathan COMBS
Disease or condition directly leading to death:  Leukemia
Interval between onset and death:  15 months
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
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 01 October 1948 to 12 March 1950, that I last saw the deceased alive on 11 March 1950, and that death occurred at 7 a.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  15 March 1950
Address:  Allock
Signature:  A. B. Pigman, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  14 March 1950
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Cornett Hill Cemetery
Location:  Sassafras, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 17 March 1950
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  Maggard & Garrett, Hazard, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 12 January 2011