DEATH CERTIFICATE

 LAWRENCE COMBS

Date:   08 January 1950
Cert:   06053 
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town: Hazard
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution: Mt. Mary Hospital
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Perry
City or Town:  Rural Dwarf    Street Address: Dwarf
Full Name:  Lawrence COMBS 
Date of Death:  08 January 1950
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  24 February 1913
Age: 36 years
Usual Occupation:  Coal miner
Kind of Industry or business: Soft coal mine
Birthplace:  Knott County, Kentucky
Father's Name:  Woodrow COMBS
Mother's Maiden Name:  Anna MESSER
Was deceased ever in armed forces: no
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Mrs. Anna COMBS, mother, Emmalena, Ky.
Disease or condition directly leading to death:  Gunshot wound to head (back of left ear)
Interval between onset and death:  (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy: no
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Homicide
Place of injury: Public place
City or Town, County, State: Perry, Ky.
Time of Injury: (blank)
Injury occurred at work: (blank)
How did injury occur: (blank)
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw the deceased alive on (blank), and that death occurred at (blank), from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  08 January 1950
Address:  Hazard, Kentucky
Signature:  Hannibal Shockey, Coroner, Perry County, Kentucky
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  09 January 1950
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Combs cemetery
Location:  Emmalena, Knott Co., Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  03 (illegible) 1950
Registrar's Signature:  Georgia Pendleton
Funeral director & address: Johnson Funeral Home, Hazard, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 14 July 2010