Date:    11 January 1944
Cert:    13020 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town:  Ritchie (rural)
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Knott
City or Town:  Ritchie (rural) 
Full Name:  Martha Jane RITCHIE 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  James Irvin RITCHIE
Age of husband or wife if alive: 51 years
Birth date of deceased:  08 May 1892 
Age:  51 years, 08 months, 03 days
Birthplace:  Knott County, Ky. 
Occupation:   Housewife 
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:   Brack NAPIER
Father Birthplace:  Kentucky 
Mother Maiden Name:  Ellen MCDANIEL 
Mother Birthplace:  Kentucky 
Informant:  Sarah SLONE, Hindman, Kentucky 
Burial Place:  Ritchie, Ky. 
Date:  14 January 1944 
Signature of funeral director:  Friends, Ritchie, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  (blank) 
Registrar's Signature:  (blank)
Date of Death:  11 January 1944 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 7 p.m.
Immediate cause of death: no attending physician 
Duration: (blank)
Due to:   Asthma (reported by family)
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: J. W. Duke, M.D., Hindman
Date signed:  15 March 1945 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 22 November 2010