Date:    16 February 1945
Cert:    03960 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town: Sassafras  Rural
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Knott
City or Town:  Sassafras, Ky.     Street No.:  Rural 
Full Name:  Wilma Gene SORRELLS 
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:  02 February 1945 
Age:  14 days
Birthplace:   Sassafras, Ky.
Occupation:  (blank) 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:   Ben SORRELLS 
Father Birthplace:  Ala. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Canna BANKS    
Mother Birthplace:   Letcher Co., Ky. 
Informant:   Ben SORRELLS, Sassafras, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Cornett Hill 
Date:  17 February 1945 
Signature of funeral director:  Maggard, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 20 February 1944 (transcribed as written) 
Registrar's Signature: Ida Livingston Rose B. Craft Acting L. R.
Date of Death:  16 February 1945 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 8:30 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Acute meningitis
Duration: 03 days
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 & Address:  H. P. Duff, M.D., Kodak, Ky.
Date signed:  20 February 1945 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 30 November 2010