DEATH CERTIFICATE

MYRTLE PORTER

Date:  16 July 1947
Cert:  16123
Place of Death: County: Letcher     City or Town: Rural
Street No. or Location:  Jackhorn
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Letcher
City or Town:  Jackhorn
Full Name:  Myrtle PORTER
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Clyde J. PORTER
Age of husband or wife if alive:  22 years  
Birth date of deceased:  09 May 1925
Age: 22 years, 02 months, 08 days
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation:  (blank)
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Ben POTTER
Father Birthplace:  Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Frona AMBURGEY
Mother Birthplace:  Ky.
Informant:  Clyde PORTER, Jackhorn, Ky.
Burial Place:  Porter Cem. 
Date:  18 July 1947
Signature of funeral director: Craft Funeral Home, Neon, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  18 July 1947
Registrar's Signature:  E. M. Collins
Date of Death:  16 July 1947
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 01 January 1947 to 16 July 1947, that I last saw him alive on 10 July 1947, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 5:40 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Duration: 02 years
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: C. B. Carter, M.D., Fleming, Ky.
Date signed:  16 July 1947
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 24 June 2010