NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF HEATH CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

SOPHRONIA RITCHIE

Date: 31 October 1923
Cert: 00175
Place of Death: County: Buncombe State: N.C.
Township or Village: (blank)
City: Asheville No.: Fairview Cottage
Full Name: Sophronia RITCHIE
If nonresident give city/town and state: Hazard, Ky.
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Single
Husband or Wife of: (blank)
Date of Birth: 03 December 1898
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 29 days
Occupation: Stenographer
Name of Employer: Hazard Lumber & Supply Co.
Birthplace: Knott Co., Ky.
Name of Father: I. B. RITCHIE
Birthplace of Father: Perry Co., Ky.
Name of Mother: Rachel EVERAGE
Birthplace of Mother: Letcher Co., Ky.
Informant: I. B. RITCHIE, Flemming, Ky.
Filed: October 1923
Registrar: M. McFee
Date of Death: 31 October 1923
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 07 August 1923 to 31 October 1923, that I last saw her alive on 31 October 1923, and that death occurred on the date stated above, at 2:15 p.m.
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Contributory: (blank)
Where was disease contracted if not at place of death: Hazard, Ky.
Did operation precede death: No
Was there an autopsy: No
What test confirmed diagnosis: Usual
Signed: W. L. Dunn by Colby, M.D., 01 November 1923
Address: Asheville, N.C.
Place of Burial, Cremation or Removal: Hazard, Ky.
Date of Burial: 01 November 1923
Undertaker: Noland, Brown & Co.
Address: Asheville
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 14 August 2010