DEATH CERTIFICATE

POLLY STACY

Date:  03 July 1946
Cert:  16320
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town: (blank)
Street No. or Location:  Hazard Hosp. 
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Perry
City or Town:  Dwarf
Full Name:  Polly STACY
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Brack STACY
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  02 February
Age: 34 years
Birthplace:  Knott
Occupation:  House wife
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Dave NOBLE
Father Birthplace:  Breathitt
Mother Maiden Name:  Sarah STACY
Mother Birthplace:  Perry
Informant:  Brack STACY, Dwarf, Ky.
Burial Place:  Dwarf, Ky.
Date:  03 July 1946
Signature of funeral director: Jimmie Blair, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  03 July 1946
Registrar's Signature:  Opsie J. Deaton
Date of Death:  03 July 1946
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 02 June 1946 to 03 July 1946, that I last saw him alive on 03 July 1946, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 12:05 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Gun shot wound (410) of abdomen.  hemorrhage & shock 
Duration: 05 hours
Due to: (blank)
Major findings of operations: 2 large holes in stomach - Transversal colon cut into - kidney & spleen both were removed because they were shot to pieces
Accident, suicide, or homicide: suicide
Date of occurrence: 02 June 1946 [sic]
Where did injury occur: home
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address: W. F. O'Donnell, Jr., M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  03 July 1946
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 11 June 2010