DEATH CERTIFICATE

HAGIE SMITH

Date  13 December 1942
Cert:  02287
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town:  Hazard
Street No. or Location:  Hazard Hospital Co. 
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Perry
City or Town:  Rural  If rural give precinct: (?Darbfork? illegible)
Full Name: Hagie SMITH
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Widowed
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  (blank)
Age: 51 years
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation:  Farmer
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  James SMITH
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Elizabeth JOHNSON
Mother Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Informant:  (?Daily? illegible), (?Darbfork? illegible)
Burial Place:  (?Toley? Cr. illegible)
Date:  15 December 1942
Signature of funeral director: Engle Und. & Hdwe. Co., Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  01 January 1943
Registrar's Signature:  A. L. Boulos
Date of Death:  13 December 1942
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 12 December 1942 to 13 December 1942, that I last saw him alive on 13 December 1942, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 2:40 p.m.
Immediate cause of death: Gunshot wound (38 cal) of abdomen, (illegible), bladder
Duration: (blank)
Other conditions:  Gunshot at (illegible)
Major findings of operations: 8 perforations in small bowel, one in abdomen
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Homicide
Date of occurrence: 12 December 1942
Where did injury occur: Public Highway @ Deane, Ky.
While at work: no
Means of injury: gunshot
Signature & Address: Chris S. Jackson, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  19 December 1942
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 30 May 2010