Date:  03 June 1955
Cert:  #12143
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Carrie  Rural
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Street Address or Location:  Home
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.      County: Knott
City or Town: Carrie  Rural     Street Address: Rural
Full Name:  Roach GAYHEART
Date of Death:  03 June 1955
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  18 July 1871
Age: 63 years, 10 months, 15 days
Usual Occupation:  Farmer
Kind of Industry or business:  Farm
Birthplace:  Kentucky
Father's Name:  Hood TURNER
Mother's Maiden Name:  Kate GAYHEART
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Laura GAYHEART
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Coronary thrombosis
Interval between onset and death: 15 minutes
Due to:  Arteriosclerosis & Hypertension 
Interval between onset and death: 17 years
Other significant conditions: Cerebrovascular injury, with rt. hemiparesis
Interval between onset and death:  02 months
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy: (blank)
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 16 October 1947 to 26 May 1955, that I last saw the deceased alive on 26 May 1955, and that death occurred at (blank), from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  06 June 1955
Address:  Hindman, Kentucky
Signature:  D. G. Barker, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal: Burial
Date:  04 June 1955 
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Gayheart Cemetery
Location:  Carrie, Knott, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 14 June 1955
Registrar's Signature: Myrtle Slone
Funeral director & address:  Engle Funeral Home, Hazard, Ky., Wm. Engle, Jr.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 14 May 2011