Date:    22 March 1948
Cert:    05960 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town:  Ivis
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Knott
City or Town:  Ivis 
Full Name:  Mary Belle PIGMAN 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Female, White, Widowed
Husband or Wife of:  Housewife
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:   14 May 1869
Age:  78 years, 10 months, 08 days
Birthplace:  Knott 
Occupation:  Housewife 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  William SMITH 
Father Birthplace:  Knott 
Mother Maiden Name:   Susan HAMILTON 
Mother Birthplace:   Wise Co., Va. 
Informant:  Dr. FRANCIS, Hazard, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Pigman Cem. 
Date:   23 March 1948 
Signature of funeral director:  Engle's, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 24 March 1948 
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  22 March 1948 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 14 March 1948 to 21 March 1948, that I last saw him alive on 21 March 1948, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 8 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Carcinoma of transverse colon 
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
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 & Address:  Owen Pigman, M.D., Whitesburg
Date signed:  23 March 1948 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 28 December 2010