DEATH CERTIFICATE

 DORCEY (DORSEY) PERKINS

Date  22 May 1940
Cert:  11880
Place of Death: County: Fayette  City or Town: Lexington, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution: Eastern State Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community: 03 years
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky County: Perry
City or Town:  (blank)
Full Name:  Dorcey (Dorsey) PERKINS
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:  (blank)
Age: 34 years
Birthplace:  Knott County, Kentucky
Occupation:  None
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  No Record
Father Birthplace:  "     "
Mother Maiden Name:  "     "
Mother Birthplace:     "     "
Informant:  Hospital Records, Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
Burial Place:  Avamwam
Date: 24 May 1940 
Signature of funeral director:  W. S. Norris, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  27 May 1940
Registrar's Signature:  D. A. Furlong
Date of Death:  22 May 1940
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 08 October 1940 to 22 May 1940, that I last saw him alive on 22 May 1940, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 10:40 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Fractured skull, hemorrhage--struck with blunt instrument in hands of psychotic pt.
Duration: (blank)
Due to: Post Encephalitic syndrome
Duration:  03 years
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Homicide
Date of occurrence: 20 May 1940
Where did injury occur: In hospital
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address:  C. C. Counce, MD, Eastern State Hosp.
Date signed:  22 May 1940
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 10 May 2010