Date:  07 March 1952
Cert:  10451 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Ritchie
Length of stay (in this place): Life
Street address or location: Home
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Knott
City or Town:  Ritchie    Street Address: Ritchie
Full Name:  Matilda RITCHIE
Date of Death:  07 March 1952
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Date of Birth:  07 March 1866
Age: 86 years
Usual Occupation: Housewife
Kind of Industry or business: Home
Birthplace:  Kentucky
Father's Name:  William RITCHIE
Mother's Maiden Name:  Rebecca RITCHIE
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Tom RITCHIE
Disease or condition directly leading to death: Hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease
Interval between onset and death:  unknown
Due to:  Hypertension and arteriosclerosis
Interval between onset and death:  unknown
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 11 January 1949 to 05 March 1952, that I last saw the deceased alive on 05 March 1952, and that death occurred at (blank), from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  15 March 1952
Address:  Hindman, Ky.
Signature:  D. G. Barker, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  09 March 1952
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Family Cemetery
Location:  Ritchie, Knott, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 18 April 1952
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  Engle Funeral Home, Wm. Engle, Jr., Hazard, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 26 January 2011