DEATH CERTIFICATE

JOSIAH RITCHIE

Date:  18 August 1951
Cert:  19083
Place of Death: County:  Perry    City or Town: Hazard
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution: Mt. Mary
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Perry
City or Town: Bulan    Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  Josiah RITCHIE
Date of Death:  18 August 1951
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  16 April 1876
Age: 75 years, 04 months, 01 days
Usual Occupation:  Mining
Kind of Industry or business: Coal Mines
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Kentucky
Father's Name:  Zack RITCHIE
Mother's Maiden Name:  Salvanie CAMPBELL
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  (blank)
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Cerebral hemorrhage
Interval between onset and death:  12 hours
Due to:  Hypertension, arteriosclerosis
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Place of injury: (blank)
City or Town, County, State: (blank)
Time of Injury: (blank)
Injury occurred at work: (blank)
How did injury occur: (blank)
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 17 August 1951 to 17 August 1951, that I last saw the deceased alive on 17 August 1951, and that death occurred at 1 p.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  22 August 1951
Address:  Hazard, Ky.
Signature:  Martin Palmer, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  20 August 1951
Name of Cemetery or Crematory: Holliday
Location:  Ary, Kentucky
Date received by local registrar: 31 August 1951
Registrar's Signature:  Georgia P. Surer
Funeral director & address:  Engle Funeral Home, Hazard, Ky., Wm. Engle, Jr.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 31 July 2010