Date:    06 February 1946
Cert:    09430 
Place of Death: County: Knott  City or Town: Lackey, Ky. Rural 
Name of Hospital or Institution: Stumbo Memo.
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Boyd
City or Town:  Ashland     Street No.: 105 Blackburn Ave. 
Full Name:  Austin D. LAFFERTY 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:   23 March 1940
Age:  05 years, 10 months, 13 days
Birthplace:  Langley, Ky. 
Occupation:  (blank) 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Chester LAFFERTY 
Father Birthplace:  Langley 
Mother Maiden Name:   Clettus HAYS 
Mother Birthplace:   Langley 
Informant: Clettus Lafferty, 105 Blackburn Ave., Ashland, Ky. 
Burial Place:     Langley, Ky.
Date:  08 February 1946 
Signature of funeral director:  G. D. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  24 April 1946 
Registrar's Signature:  Mrs. Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  06 February 1946 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 04 February 1946 to 06 February 1946, that I last saw him alive on 06 February 1946, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 3:45 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Died on operating table while doing a tonsillectomy  
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  Rheumatic Heart
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:  A. P. Hodge, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  23 April 1946 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 08 December 2010