Date:  21 October 1951
Cert:  20844 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Rural
Length of stay (in this place): All of life
Street address or location:  Brinkley, Ky.
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town: Rural    If rural give precinct:  Brinkley, Ky.
Full Name:  Rachel RITCHIE
Date of Death:  21 October 1951
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Date of Birth:  21 October 1951 (transcribed as written)
Age:  67 years
Usual Occupation: Housewife
Kind of Industry or business:  Keeping House
Birthplace:  Knott
Father's Name:  A. W. SHEPHERD 
Mother's Maiden Name:  Nancy RITCHIE
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Dillard GIBSON
Disease or condition directly leading to death: Heart Failure
Interval between onset and death:  instant
Due to:  Hypertension
Interval between onset and death:  03 years
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy:  No
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 (blank) to (blank), that I last saw the deceased alive on (blank), and that death occurred at (blank), from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  21 October 1951
Address:  Hindman, Ky.
Signature:  Jno. N. Taul, Coroner
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  22 October 1951
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Family Cemetery
Location:  Hindman, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  31 October 1951
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  John N. Taul, Hindman, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 21 January 2011