Date:  22 March 1951
Cert:  07867 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Wiscoal
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution:  None
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Wiscoal     Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  Melvin FUGATE
Date of Death:  22 March 1951
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  27 August 1920
Age:  30 years
Usual Occupation: Miner
Kind of Industry or business: Coal Mines
Birthplace:  Breathitt County, Ky.
Father's Name:  Sim FUGATE
Mother's Maiden Name:  Martha FRANCIS
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.:  405-10-6671
Informant:   Marie FUGATE 
Disease or condition directly leading to death: Cancer (Stomach and Liver)
Interval between onset and death:  03 months
Due to:  Peptic Ulcer
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 1950 to 22 March 1951, that I last saw the deceased alive on 22 March 1951, and that death occurred at 10:15 p.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  26 March 1951
Address:  Allock
Signature:  A. B. Pigman, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  25 March 1951
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Fugate Cemetery
Location:  Lunah, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 27 March 1951
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  Maggard and Garrett, Hazard, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 19 January 2011