DEATH CERTIFICATE

GABE RITCHIE

Date  06 March 1946
Cert:  07459 
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town:  Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution: Hazard Hosp. Co. 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  (blank) 
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Talcum
Full Name:  Gabe RITCHIE 
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:  (blank) 
Age:  68 years
Birthplace:  (blank) 
Occupation:  Farmer 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Martin RITCHIE 
Father Birthplace:  Breathitt Co., Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Malinda HONEYCUT 
Mother Birthplace:  Breathitt Co., Ky. 
Informant:  Hattie RITCHIE, Talcum, Ky. 
Burial Place:  Ritchie 
Date:  06 March 1946 
Signature of funeral director: Maggard's, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  06 March 1946 
Registrar's Signature:  Opsie J. Deaton 
Date of Death:  06 March 1946 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 26 February 1946 to 06 March 1946, that I last saw him alive on 05 March 1946, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 7:50 a.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  Cancer of the Bladder (urinary)
Due to:  (blank)
Major findings of operations: none
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  (blank)
Date of occurrence:  (blank)
Where did injury occur:  (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  (blank)
Signature: W. F. O'Donnell, Jr., M.D., Hazard Hospital
Date signed:  06 March 1946 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 10 February 2010