DEATH CERTIFICATE

JOHN D. OWENS

Date 29 September 1947
Cert:  28900 
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town:  Hazard, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution: Hurst - Snyder Hospital 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  01 days 
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town: Sassafras, Ky.
Full Name:  John D. OWENS 
If Veteran Name War:  None
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Annie OWENS 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  53 years 
Birth date of deceased:  25 December 1882 
Age:  64 years, 09 months, 04 days
Birthplace:  Knott County, Ky. 
Occupation:  Merchant 
Industry or business:  Store
Father Name:  John OWENS 
Father Birthplace:  Knott County, Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Christine ? (transcribed as written) 
Mother Birthplace:  Virginia 
Informant:  Corna COOK, Sassafras, Ky. 
Burial Place:  Amburgey, Ky. 
Date:  1947 
Signature funeral director: Maggard-Blair & Garrett, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  10 January 1948
Registrar's Signature:  Cleata D. Cox 
Date of Death:  29 September 1947 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 29 September 1947 to 29 September 1947, that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 3 p.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  Circulatory collapse due to shock from crushing injury of chest (struck by (illegible).  Fractured ribs & Hemothorax
Other Conditions:  Fracture of Rt. Tibia, Fibula, Ulna, Radius
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  accident  
Date of occurrence:  (blank)
Where did injury occur:  (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  Truck
Signature:  C. R. Faulkner, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  07 October 1947 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 12 February 2010