DEATH CERTIFICATE

THOMAS SMITH

Date:  03 September 1951
Cert:  18888
Place of Death: County:  Madison      City or Town: Berea
Length of stay (in this place): 01
Name of Hospital or Institution: Berea College Hospital
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Clay
City or Town:  Garrard     Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  Thomas SMITH
Date of Death:  03 September 1951
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  16 November 1884
Age:  66 years
Usual Occupation:  R. R. Agent
Kind of Industry or business: R. R.
Birthplace:  Knot County, Ky.
Father's Name:  William SMITH
Mother's Maiden Name:  Metilda AMBURGERY
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.: 704-07-6306
Informant:  Thomas SMITH, Jr.
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Internal hemorrhage
Interval between onset and death:  48 hours
Due to:  Aneurysm of aorta - dissecting
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: 02 September 1951
Major findings of operation: hemorrhage from (illegible) aorta
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 01 September 1951 to 03 September 1951, that I last saw the deceased alive on (blank), and that death occurred at 6:30 p.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  07 September 1951
Address:  Berea, Ky.
Signature:  J. C. Baker, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  06 September 1951
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Engine
Location:  Blue Hole, Clay Co., Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  12 September 1951
Registrar's Signature:  Lillian Warren
Funeral director & address:  C. Fred Rominger, Rominger Funeral Home, Manchester, Kentucky
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 31 July 2010