DEATH CERTIFICATE

DENNIS MESSER

Date  08 December 1943
Cert:  28235
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town: Hazard
Hospital or Institution:  Hazard Hospital Co.
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Perry
City or Town:  Vest
Full Name: Dennis MESSER
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:  03 October 1930
Age: 13 years
Birthplace:  Vest, Ky.
Occupation:  Student
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Ferd MESSER
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Mother Maiden Name:  Mold??? DOBSON
Mother Birthplace:  (illegible), Ky.
Informant:  (blank)
Burial Place:  Vest
Date:  09 December 1943
Signature funeral director: Maggard Funeral Home, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 30 December 1943
Registrar's Signature:  Anna L. Boulos
Date of Death:  08 December 1943
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 07 December 1943 to 08 December 1943, that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 12:30 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Contusion to skull (illegible & rt. illegible organ)
Duration: 12 hours
Other conditions:  shock
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Accident
Date of occurrence: 07 December 1943
Where did injury occur: Farm
While at work: yes
Means of injury: (illegible) on his head
Signature & Address: Chris S. Jackson, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  (illegible) December 1943
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 31 May 2010