Date:  22 January 1949
Cert:  03263 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Vest, Ky. Rural
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky    County: Knott
City or Town:  Vest   Rural    Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  Garel Dean SHEPHERD
Date of Death:  22 January 1949
Sex, Color/Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Never Married
Date of Birth:  29 January 1948
Age:  11 months, 24 days
Usual Occupation: None - Infant
Kind of Industry or business: None - Infant
Birthplace:  Vest, Knott Co., Ky.
Father's Name:  Wilson SHEPHERD
Mother's Maiden Name:  Irene SHEPHERD
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.:  None
Informant:  Irene SHEPHERD
Disease or condition directly leading to death: The information we got on this death is to the effect that the child was taken very ill about dark - high temperature & died at 11:30 p.m.  There was not time to get a doctor - family lives in remote section of county.
Interval between onset and death:  (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
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 (blank) to (blank), that I last saw the deceased alive on (blank), and that death occurred at 11:30 p.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  26 February 1949
Address:  Hindman, Ky.
Signature:  J. W. Duke, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  23 January 1949
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Shepherd Cem.
Location:  Vest, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 28 February 1949
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  Friends, Vest, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 08 January 2011