DEATH CERTIFICATE

TOBE BRICE SHEPHERD

Date:  18 December 1947
Cert:   26228 
Place of Death: County:  Floyd     City or Town:  Prestonsburg
Hospital or Institution: Home
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Floyd
City or Town:  Prestonsburg 
Full Name:   Tobe Brice SHEPHERD 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: 402-12-6224
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Polly SHEPHERD 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  56 years
Birth date of deceased:  23 December 1890 
Age: 57 years,11  months, 24 days
Birthplace:  Knot County, Ky.
Occupation:   Miner 
Industry or business: Sandy Valley Coal Co.
Father Name:  Alamander SHEPHERD 
Father Birthplace:  Knot County, Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Louraine HANSHOE 
Mother Birthplace:  Knot County, Ky. 
Informant:  Mrs. Marie HURD 
Burial Place: Richmond Cemetery, Prestonsburg 
Date:  21 December 1947 
Signature funeral director: Carter & Callihan, Prestonsburg, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:   02 January 1948
Registrar's Signature: Lucy Ransdell 
Date of Death:  18 December 1947 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 18 December 1947 to 18 December 1947, that I last saw him alive on 18 December 1947, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 12:30 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Acute myocarditis
Duration: 10 minutes
Due to: (blank)
Major findings of operations: Bronchial asthma 08 years
Accident, suicide, or homicide: none
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address:  O. T. Stephens, M.D., Prestonsburg, Ky.
Date signed:  19 December 1947 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 25 June 2010