Date:  29 December 1952
Cert:  28047 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Cordia, Ky.    Rural
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Street address or location:  Home
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Knott
City or Town:  Cordia   Rural    If rural give precinct:  Cordia
Full Name:  Martha GRIGSBY
Date of Death:  29 December 1952
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Female, White, Widowed
Date of Birth:  13 October 1872
Age:  80 years, 02 months, 16 days
Usual Occupation:  Housewife
Kind of Industry or business: Home
Birthplace:  Kentucky
Father's Name:  Alex RITCHIE
Mother's Maiden Name:  Lucinda COMBS
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Zara GRIGSBY
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Interval between onset and death:  (blank)
Due to:  Hypertension
Other significant conditions: (blank)
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 (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:  13 January 1953
Address:  Hazard, Ky.
Signature:  S. M. Richie, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  31 December 1952
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Gayheart Cemetery
Location:  Cordia, Knott, Kentucky
Date received by local registrar:  27 January 1953
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  Engle Funeral Home, Wm. Engle, Jr., Hazard, Kentucky
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 24 January 2011