DEATH CERTIFICATE

 A. W. SHEPHERD

Date  30 June 1940
Cert:  15290
Place of Death: County: Lewis Co.     City or Town: Quincy
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County: Lewis
City or Town:  Vanceburg
Full Name:  A. W. SHEPHERD
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Nancy SHEPHERD
Age of husband or wife if alive:  76 years
Birth date of deceased:  06 November 1862
Age: 78 years, 09 months
Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Occupation:  Farmer
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Brice SHEPHERD
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Mother Maiden Name:  (blank)
Mother Birthplace:  (blank)
Informant:  Polly CLEMONS, Quincy, Ky.
Burial Place:  Sand Gap
Date:  02 July 1940
Signature of funeral director:  Plommer Bros., Vanceburg, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  01 July 1940
Registrar's Signature:  Mrs. P. G. Rice
Date of Death:  30 June 1940
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 12 June 1940 to 27 June 1940, that I last saw him alive on 27 June 1940, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 7 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Cancer of Prostrate Gland
Duration: (blank)
Due to: Chronic Cystitis
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: T. B. Ginn, M.D., Vanceburg, Ky.
Date signed:  01 July 1940
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 10 May 2010