DEATH CERTIFICATE

JAMES RITCHIE

Date  16 November 1941
Cert:  30011
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town:  Hazard, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Hurst Snyder Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Knott
City or Town:  Rural
Full Name:  James RITCHIE
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: 18 years
Birthplace:  Talcum, Ky.
Occupation:  Farming
Industry or business:  Farm
Father Name:  Joel RITCHIE
Father Birthplace:  Talcum, Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Irene FUGATE
Mother Birthplace:  Talcum, Ky.
Informant:  Auda COMBS, Harveytown, Ky.
Burial Place:  Talcum, Ky.
Date:  17 November 1941
Signature of funeral director:  Maggard & Garrett, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  26 November 1941
Registrar's Signature:  (illegible)
Date of Death:  16 November 1941
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 15 November 1941 to 16 November 1941, that I last saw him alive on 16 November 1941, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 6 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Hemorrhage
Due to:  Gun shot wound of leg
Major findings of operations:  (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  Homicide
Date of occurrence:  15 November 1941
Where did injury occur:  Public place
While at work:  no
Means of injury:  Shot gun wound of leg
Signature:  Chas Dana Snyder, M.D., Hazard, Ky. 
Date signed:  26 November 1941
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 01 February 2010