DEATH CERTIFICATE

MELDA SMITH

Date:  15 March 1953
Cert:  08498
Place of Death: County: Letcher    City or Town: Isom
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Street address or location:  Home
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Letcher
City or Town: Isom, Ky.    Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  Melda SMITH
Date of Death:  15 March 1953
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Female, White, Widow
Date of Birth:  28 August 1862
Age: 90 years
Usual Occupation:  none
Kind of Industry or business: (blank)
Birthplace: Knott Co., Ky.
Father's Name:  Jack COMBS
Mother's Maiden Name:  Mary Ann YOUNG
Was deceased ever in armed forces: no
Social Security No.: none
Informant:  Martha AMBURGEY
Disease or condition directly leading to death:  Pneumonia
Interval between onset and death:  (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy:  no
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 13 January 1953 to 14 March 1953, that I last saw the deceased alive on 14 March 1953, and that death occurred at 15 March 1953, from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  20 April 1953
Address:  Hindman, Ky.
Signature:  J. W. Duke, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  12 March 1953
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Spencer Combs Cemetery
Location:  Smithsboro, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 22 April 1953
Registrar's Signature:  G. W. Collins
Funeral director & address:  John Everage, Hindman, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 13 August 2010