DEATH CERTIFICATE

RUTH MILLER

Date  23 April 1948
Cert:  08720 
Place of Death: County:  Perry     City or Town:  Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Hurst-Snyder Hospital 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  07 days
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Emmalena
Full Name:  Ruth MILLER 
If Veteran Name War:  None
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:   French MILLER 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  21 years 
Birth date of deceased:  01 January 1926 
Age:  22 years, 03 months, 21 days
Birthplace:  Emmalena, Ky. 
Occupation:  Housewife 
Industry or business:  Home
Father Name:  Bentley COMBS 
Father Birthplace:  Knott County, Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Mary MESSER 
Mother Birthplace:  Perry County, Ky. 
Informant:  Ernest COMBS, Emmalena, Ky. 
Burial Place:  Emmalena, Ky. 
Date:  25 April 1948 
Signature funeral director: Maggard-Blair & Garrett, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  03 May 1948
Registrar's Signature:  Cleata D. Cox 
Date of Death:  23 April 1948 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 7:45 a.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  Post Partum hemorrhage
Due to:  Retained (illegible)
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: D. L. Petersen, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  23 April 1948 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 14 February 2010