DEATH CERTIFICATE

ZELPHIA KERKSEY

Date:  28 June 1952
Cert:  14125
Place of Death: County:  Fayette    City or Town: Lexington, Kentucky
Length of stay (in this place):  01 year, 01 month, 16 days
Name of Hospital or Institution: Eastern State Hospital
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County: Perry
City or Town:  Lothair    Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  Zelphia KERKSEY
Date of Death:  28 June 1952
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, Black, Married
Date of Birth:  20 July 1913
Age: 38 years
Usual Occupation: Housewife
Kind of Industry or business: (blank)
Birthplace:  Knott County, Kentucky
Father's Name:  London FRANCIS
Mother's Maiden Name:  Susie WILLIAMS
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Hospital Records
Disease or condition directly leading to death:  Ruptured Tubo-Ovarian Abcess
Interval between onset and death:  Unknown
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy: yes
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 05 January 1951 to 28 June 1952, that I last saw the deceased alive on 28 June 1952, and that death occurred at 6:45 a.m. (CDST), from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  28 June 1952
Address:  Eastern State Hospital
Signature:  A. C. Beckett, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  30 June 1952
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Higgins Cem.
Location:  Perry Co., Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 11 July 1952
Registrar's Signature:  D. A. Furlong
Funeral director & address:  Charles Haggard, Lex., Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 11 August 2010