DEATH CERTIFICATE

KATE SEXTON

Date:  20 April 1951
Cert:  10334
Place of Death: County: Letcher     City or Town: Colson
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Street address or location:  Home of son
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Letcher
City or Town:  Colson    Street Address: Buck Creek
Full Name:  Kate SEXTON
Date of Death:  20 April 1951
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Date of Birth:  08 April 1873
Age: 78 years, 00 months, 12 days
Usual Occupation:  House work
Kind of Industry or business: Home
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Father's Name:  John Henry COOK
Mother's Maiden Name:  Winnie LAWSON
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Steve SEXTON (son)
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Interval between onset and death:  18 months
Due to (b):  Chr. Hypertensive Heart Disease
Due to (c):  partially paralysed (rt. side)
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 time to time, that I last saw the deceased alive on (blank), and that death occurred at 10 p.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  24 May 1951
Address:  Whitesburg, Ky.
Signature:  R. D. Collins, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  burial
Date:  22 April 1951
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Baker Cemetery
Location:  Colson, Kentucky
Date received by local registrar:  24 May 1951
Registrar's Signature:  G. W. Collins
Funeral director & address:  Family, Colson, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 31 July 2010