DEATH CERTIFICATE

 DEWEY GAYHEART

Date:   17 December 1950
Cert:   26779 
Place of Death: County: Floyd     City or Town:  Lancer
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County:  Floyd
City or Town:  Lancer    Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:   Dewey GAYHEART
Date of Death:  17 December 1950
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  22 January 1898
Age: 52 years
Usual Occupation:  Miner
Kind of Industry or business: Coal
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Kentucky
Father's Name:  John Elliot GRIFFITH
Mother's Maiden Name:  Sally STIDHAM
Was deceased ever in armed forces: yes, WW I
Social Security No.: (blank) 
Informant:  Flara GAYHART
Disease or condition directly leading to death:  Heart Attack
Interval between onset and death:  Sudden
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 (blank) to 17 December 1950, 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:  10 January 1951
Address:  Prestonsburg, Ky.
Signature:  G. D. Callihan, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  21 December 1950
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Mayo Cemetery
Location:  Lancer, Kentucky
Date received by local registrar: 15 January 1951
Registrar's Signature:  Lucy Ransdell
Funeral director & address:  Arnold Funeral Home, Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 15 July 2010