DEATH CERTIFICATE

HILLARD JACKSON SMITH

Date:  07 October 1948
Cert:   20259 
Place of Death: County:  Fayette     City or Town: Lexington  
Hospital or Institution:  Saint Joseph's Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community:  04 days
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County: Letcher
City or Town:  Whitesburg, Ky.
Full Name:   Hillard Jackson SMITH 
If Veteran Name War:  no
Social Security No.:  no
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:   (blank) 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  02 September 1944 
Age:  04 years, 01 months, 05 days
Birthplace:   Knott Co., Kentucky 
Occupation:   None 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Richard SMITH 
Father Birthplace:   Kentucky 
Mother Maiden Name:   Gladys NOBLE 
Mother Birthplace:   Kentucky 
Informant:   Gladys N. SMITH, Whitesburg, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Knott Co., Ky. 
Date:   09 October 1948 
Signature of funeral director:  D. M. Lowe, Lexington, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:   12 October 1948 
Registrar's Signature:   D. A. Furlong 
Date of Death:  07 October 1948 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 04 October 1948 to 07 October 1948, that I last saw him alive on 07 October 1948, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 4:50 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Tuberculous meningitis
Duration:  (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Major findings of operations:  Mild hydrocephalus.  Clear ventricular fluid     Of autopsy:  Tuberculous meningitis
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  (blank)
Date of occurrence:  (blank)
Where did injury occur:  (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  (blank)
Signature & Address:  Harvey Chenault, M.D., 200 West Second St., Lexington, Kentucky
Date signed:   11 October 1948 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 01 July 2010