DEATH CERTIFICATE

JAMES KITCHEN

Date:  27 June 1940
Cert:  17489
Place of Death: County: Knott     City or Town:  Lackey, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution: Stumbo Memorial Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Floyd
City or Town:  (illegible)
Full Name:  James KITCHEN
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: 403-09-4382
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: (illegible)
Husband or Wife of:  (illegible) KITCHEN
Age of husband or wife if alive:  23 years 
Birth date of deceased: 11 July 1913
Age: 26 years
Birthplace:  Letcher Co.
Occupation:  Labor
Industry or business: W.P.A.
Father Name:  John KITCHEN
Father Birthplace:  Carter Co.
Mother Maiden Name:  Eva WATKINS
Mother Birthplace:  Carter Co.
Informant/Address:  John KITCHEN, Fed, Ky.
Burial Place:  Hueysville, Ky.
Date:  29 June 1940
Signature of funeral director/address: W. J. Ryan, Martin
Date received by local registrar:  09 July 1940
Registrar's Signature:  Macie Miller
Date of Death:  27 June 1940
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (illegible) to (illegible), that I last saw him alive on 27 June 1940, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 2:50 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Peritonitis
Duration: (blank)
Due to: Ruptured appendix
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: R. A. Thompson, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  27 June 1940
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 27 August 2010