Date:   23 August 1943
Cert:   15259
Place of Death: County: Knott     City or Town: Sassafras
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.      County: Knott
City or Town:  Sassafras
Full Name:  Bettie ASHLEY JOHNSON
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Divorced
Husband or Wife of:  Leslie JOHNSON
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  Unknown
Age: about 40 years
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation:  Hswf.
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Frank ASHLEY
Father Birthplace:  Smithsboro, Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Nancy SMITH
Mother Birthplace:  Smithsboro, Ky.
Informant:  Clifton WATTS, Sassafras, Ky.
Burial Place:  Sassafras, Ky.
Date:  24 August 1943
Signature of funeral director: Friends - Engle, Hazard, Ky. sold casket
Date received by local registrar: 23 March 1945
Registrar's Signature: Rose B. Craft, acting Registrar, Per B. Carns
Date of Death: 23 August 1943
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at (blank)
Immediate cause of death:  Apoplexy
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  Found dead in the barn
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: J. R. Aker, M.D., Anco, Ky.
Date signed:  23 March 1945
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 25 October 2010