DEATH CERTIFICATE

EARL HALL

Date:  02 September 1946
Cert:  19993
Place of Death: County: Letcher     City or Town: Jenkins, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Jenkins Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community:  01 day
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Floyd
City or Town:  Mcdowell
Full Name:  Earl HALL
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Gilva HALL
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  07 March 1920
Age: 26 years, 04 months, 28 days
Birthplace:  Topmost
Occupation:  Mecanic [sic]
Industry or business: coal
Father Name:  Johnie HALL
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Mother Maiden Name:  Nancy GIBSON
Mother Birthplace:  Dema, Ky.
Informant:  Dennis MARTIN, Martin
Burial Place:  Bevinsville, Ky. 
Date:  04 September 1946
Signature of funeral director: G. D. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  11 September 1946
Registrar's Signature:  E. M. Collins
Date of Death:  02 September 1946
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 01 September 1946 to 02 September 1946, that I last saw him alive on 02 September 1946, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 4:10 a.m.
Immediate cause of death: Gun shot wound of neck - (Spinal paralysis below 6th cervical vertebra due to tranaction of spinal cord) accidentally incurred (pistol)
Duration: 01 days
Other conditions:  Commeauted fracture of body of 6th cervical vertebra
Major findings of operations: Traction applied by head halter & weights         Of autopsy:  None
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Accident
Date of occurrence: 01 September 1946
Where did injury occur: Public Place, Highway U. S. #23
While at work: No
Means of injury: Gun Shot wound
Signature & Address:  J. Franklin Wallace, M.D., Jenkins, Ky.
Date signed:  02 September 1946
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 09 June 2010