DEATH CERTIFICATE

JOHN WESLEY COMBS

Date:  31 March 1944
Cert:  10369
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town: Hazard
Hospital or Institution:  Hazard Hospital Co.
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Perry
City or Town:  Lothair
Full Name:  John Wesley COMBS
If Veteran Name War: World
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Nettie COMBS
Age of husband or wife if alive:  44 years
Birth date of deceased:  26 August 1893
Age: 53 years
Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Occupation:  Teacher
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Jerry COMBS
Father Birthplace:  Douglas, Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Rachel WHITE
Mother Birthplace:  Ky.
Informant:  French COMBS, Diablock
Burial Place:  Diablock
Date:  03 April 1944
Signature of funeral director: Engle, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  14 April 1944
Registrar's Signature:  Anna L. Boulos
Date of Death:  31 March 1944
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 30 March 1944 to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 10:30 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Traumatic Fracture of Skull
Duration: (blank)
Due to: (blank)
Major findings of operations: Pressure from broken bone frontal region
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Accident
Date of occurrence: 30 March 1944
Where did injury occur: highway-struck by hit & run (?truck? illegible)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury:
Signature & Address: R. L. Collins, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  (blank)
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 02 June 2010