DEATH CERTIFICATE

MARTHA COMBS

Date  21 August 1944
Cert:  21150 
Place of Death: County:  Perry      City or Town:  Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution: Hazard Hospital 
Length of stay in hospital or community:   
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Richie
Full Name:  Martha COMBS 
If Veteran Name War:  (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Widowed
Husband or Wife of:   (blank) 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  (blank) 
Age:  69 years
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation:  H. wife 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  YOUNG 
Father Birthplace:  Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  unknown 
Mother Birthplace:  (blank) 
Informant:  Burley COMBS, Richie, Ky. 
Burial Place:  Richie 
Date:  23 August 1944 
Signature of funeral director:  Engle, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  06 September 1944 
Registrar's Signature:  Anna Laura Boulos 
Date of Death:  21 August 1944 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 16 August 1944 to 21 August 1944, that I last saw him alive on 21 August 1944, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 4:00 p.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  shock
Due to:  mid thigh (rt) amputation due to arteriova??? gangrene
Major findings of operations: arteriova?? gangrene rt thigh & foot
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  (blank)
Date of occurrence:  (blank)
Where did injury occur:  (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  (blank)
Signature: Chris S. Jackson, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  04 September 1944 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 07 February 2010