DEATH CERTIFICATE

RUTH SMITH

Date 31 August 1945
Cert:  19988 
Place of Death: County:  Perry      City or Town:  Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution: Hazard Hosp. Co. 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  (blank) 
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott Co.
City or Town:  Rural     Street No.:  Sasfrass
Full Name:  Ruth SMITH 
If Veteran Name War:  (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:  (blank) 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  01 April 1945 
Age:  04 months, 29 days
Birthplace:  Perry Co. 
Occupation:  (blank) 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Sam SMITH 
Father Birthplace:  Owsley Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Mary BREWER 
Mother Birthplace:  Corbin, Ky. 
Informant:  (blank), Sasfrass 
Burial Place:  Sasfrass 
Date:  (blank) 
Signature of funeral director: Greer & Towsend, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  05 October 1945 
Registrar's Signature:  O. J. Deaton 
Date of Death:  31 August 1945 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 28 August 1945 to 31 August 1945, that I last saw him alive on 31 August 1945, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 7:30 a.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  acute dysentery
Due to:  (blank) 
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  (blank)
Date of occurrence:  (blank)
Where did injury occur:  (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  (blank)
Signature:  Chris S. Jackson, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  07 September 1945 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 09 February 2010