DEATH CERTIFICATE

RACHEEL COMBS

Date  15 April 1946
Cert:  09851 
Place of Death: County:  Perry    City or Town:  Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Hazard Hospital 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  (blank) 
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky    County: Knott
City or Town:  Richey
Full Name:  Racheel COMBS 
If Veteran Name War:  (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:   Aster COMBS 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  46 
Birth date of deceased:  19000 [sic]
Age:  46 years
Birthplace:  Knott Co. 
Occupation:  House wife 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Brice Shepherd 
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Martha BOYLIN 
Mother Birthplace:  Knott Co. 
Informant:  Aster COMBS, Richey, Ky. 
Burial Place:  Holliday Cem. 
Date:  17 April 1946 
Signature of funeral director: L. Riley Townsend, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  16 April 1946 
Registrar's Signature:  Opsie J. Deaton 
Date of Death:  15 April 1946 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 11 April 1946 to 15 April 1946, that I last saw him alive on 15 April 1946, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 9:30 a.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  Peritinitis  Duration:  04 days
Due to:  Ruptured bladder, fractured pelvis, ribs, collar bone, & compound of rt. leg
Major findings of operations: Ruptured bladder
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  Accident
Date of occurrence:  11 April
Where did injury occur:  Public Highway
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  (blank)
Signature: J. E. Hagan, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  16 April 1946 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 10 February 2010