DEATH CERTIFICATE

ASTOR DAY

Date 03 May 1953
Cert:  13226
Place of Death: County: Perry  City or Town: Hazard Rural
Length of stay in hospital or community: 01 hours
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Hurst Snyder Hospital
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky. County: Knott
City or Town: Rural     Street Address:  Ivis, Ky.
Full Name:  Astor DAY
Date of Death:  03 May 1953
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Never married
Date of Birth:  02 February 1922
Age: 31 years
Usual Occupation: Farmer
Kind of Industry or business: Farming
Birthplace:  Ivis, Ky.
Father's Name:  Lester DAY
Mother's Maiden Name:  Winnie PIGMAN
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Lester DAY
Disease/condition directly leading to death:  Basal skull fracture
Interval between onset and death:  (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: accident
Place of injury: (blank) 
City or Town, County, State: Hindman, Knott, Ky.
Time of Injury: 03 May 1953  4:30 p.m.
Injury occurred at work: (blank)
How did injury occur: automobile wreck auto (illegible)
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw the deceased alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at (blank), from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  11 May 1953
Address:  Hazard, Ky.
Signature:  Oris Aaron, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  06 May 1953
Name of Cemetery or Creamatory:  Family Cemetery
Location:  Ivis, Knott Co., Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 11 May 1953
Registrar's Signature:  Georgia P. Surer
Funeral director and address:  John N. Taul, Hindman, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 21 February 2010