DEATH CERTIFICATE

 JETHRO HIGGANS

Date:    12 February 1944
Cert:    20723 
Place of Death: County: Knott    City or Town: Litt Carr, Ky.  Rural
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County: Knott
City or Town:  Litt Carr, Ky.,   Rural 
Full Name:  Jethro HIGGANS
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, (blank)
Husband or Wife of:  Elizabeth STAMPER
Age of husband or wife if alive: Deceased
Birth date of deceased:  28 September 1868 
Age:  75 years, 04 months, 14 days
Birthplace:  Kentucky 
Occupation:  Farming 
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Linville HIGGINS 
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Almeda WHEATLEY 
Mother Birthplace:  Wise, Va. 
Informant:   Lucy J. AMBURGEY, Litt Carr, Ky. 
Burial Place:  Litt Carr, Ky. 
Date:  14 February 1944 
Signature of funeral director:  George Higgins, Vicco, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 27 September 1944 
Registrar's Signature:  Ida Livingston Rose B. Craft Acting Registrar
Date of Death:  12 February 1944 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 04 February 1944 to 12 February 1944, that I last saw him alive on 04 February 1944, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 9 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Broncho Pneumonia Fever 
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address:  Mark Dempsey, M.D., Garrett, Ky.
Date signed:  22 June 1944 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 13 November 2010