Date:  02 December 1953
Cert:  27432 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Lackey, Ky.   Rural
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Stumbo Memorial Hosp.
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Floyd
City or Town:  Garrett    If rural give location: on Jones Fork
Full Name:  Vernon Combs
Date of Death:  02 December 1953
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Widowed
Date of Birth:  13 February 1894
Age:  59 years
Usual Occupation:  Mining
Kind of Industry or business: Coal
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Father's Name:  Billy COMBS
Mother's Maiden Name: Dulcena CAMPBELL
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Dewey V. COMBS
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Myocardial Infarction
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: (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 December 1953 to 02 December 1953, that I last saw the deceased alive on 02 December 1953, and that death occurred at 12:45 a.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  05 December 1953 
Address:  Lackey, Ky.
Signature:  Eldon Dylass, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  04 December 1953
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Family Cem.
Location:  Garrett, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 12 December 1953
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  Hall Bros., Martin, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 07 February 2011