Date:    23 December 1945
Cert:    01922 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town: Anco (Rural)
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: 01 year
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Knott
City or Town:  Anco     (Rural) 
Full Name:   James J. MASON 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Widowed
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  25 February 1874 
Age:  71 years, 09 months, 27 days
Birthplace:  Kentucky 
Occupation:  Janitor - Public School 
Industry or business:  Same
Father Name:  Henry J. MASON 
Father Birthplace:  Fayette County, Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:   Fanny MASON 
Mother Birthplace:   No Record 
Informant:  Mrs. Sam SEXTON, Whitesburg, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Burial, Big Stone Gap, Va. 
Date:  26 December 1945 
Signature funeral director: Evans Funeral Home, Whitesburg, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:   29 January 1946
Registrar's Signature:  Mrs. Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  23 December 1945 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 07 November 1945 to 23 December 1945, that I last saw him alive on 23 December 1945, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 10 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Chronic myocarditis and myocardial insufficiency
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  Myocardial insufficiency
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:  26 December 1945 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 29 November 2010