DEATH CERTIFICATE

JOSEPH L. PARSON

Date 30 October 1946
Cert:  27331 
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town:  Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution: Hazard Hospital Co. 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  (blank) 
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Bar Ridge
Full Name:  Joseph L. PARSON 
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:  25 March 1942 
Age: 04 years, 07 months, 06 days
Birthplace:  Perry 
Occupation:  (blank) 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Delmar PARSON 
Father Birthplace:  Letcher 
Mother Maiden Name:  Verna HALL 
Mother Birthplace:  Perry 
Informant:  Delmar PARSON, Bar Ridge, Ky. 
Burial Place:  Bar Ridge Cem. 
Date:  31 October 1946 
Signature of funeral director: Engle's, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  18 December 1946 
Registrar's Signature:  O. J. Deaton by Helen Burriss, Deput Registrar 
Date of Death:  30 October 1946
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 29 October 1946 to 30 October 1946, that I last saw him alive on 30 October 1946, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 11 a.m.
Immediate cause of death: pulmonary oedema
Due to:  (illegible)
Major findings of operations: Double (illegible) hernia indirect
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  (blank)
Date of occurrence:  (blank)
Where did injury occur:  (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  (blank)
Signature: J. E. Hagan, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  01 November 1946 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 10 February 2010