DEATH CERTIFICATE

CLAUDE RAMEY

Date: 15 May 1947
Cert:  14282
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town: Hazard, Ky.
Hospital or Institution: Mount Mary
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Perry
City or Town:  Hazard
Full Name:  Claude RAMEY
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  09 February 1893
Age: 54 years, 03 months, 13 days
Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Occupation:  Farmer
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Sam RAMEY 
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Mother Maiden Name:  Parlee COMBS
Mother Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Informant:  Duke RAMEY, Soft Shell, Ky.
Burial Place:  Soft Shell Cem.
Date:  19 May 1947
Signature of funeral director: Maggard & Blair, by (illegible) Cox, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 20 May 1947
Registrar's Signature:  Pearl G. Combs
Date of Death:  15 May 1947
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 15 May 1947 to 15 May 1947, that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 6:00 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Peritonitis
Duration: about 02 hours
Due to: Ruptured illum 
Major findings of operations: Large hole in illum
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Accident
Date of occurrence: 14 May 1947
Where did injury occur: Farm
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: Struck by ax handle
Signature & Address: J. E. Hagan, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  16 May 1947
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 24 June 2010