Date:   28 August 1949
Cert:  49073 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town:  Rural
Length of stay (in this place): 80 years
Street address or Location:  Carrie, Ky.
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Rural     If rural give precinct:  Carrie, Ky.
Full Name:  William COMBS
Date of Death:  28 August 1949
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  18 December 1868
Age:  80 years
Usual Occupation:  Farmer
Kind of Industry or business: Farming
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Father's Name:  Austin COMBS
Mother's Maiden Name:  Bell GODSEY
Was deceased ever in armed forces:  No
Social Security No.: None
Informant:  Fred COMBS
Disease or condition directly leading to death:  Old age
Interval between onset and death:  (blank)
Due to:  Fall from Ladder
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy:  No
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Fall
Place of injury: Farm
City or Town, County, State: (blank)
Time of Injury: 26 August 1949
Injury occurred at work:  Yes while at work
How did injury occur: Fall from Ladder
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:  29 August 1949
Address:  Hindman, Ky.
Signature:  J. W. Duke, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  31 August 1949
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Martin
Location:  Carrie, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 01 September 1949
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director/address: Hindman Funeral Home, Hindman, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 03 January 2011