Date:    05 January 1944
Cert:    13001 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town:  Spider, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County: Knott
City or Town:  Spider 
Full Name:  William Benton STAMPER 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Rachel STAMPER
Age of husband or wife if alive: 55 years
Birth date of deceased:  17 December 1882 
Age: 62 years, 00 months, 18 days
Birthplace:  Spider, Ky. 
Occupation:   Teacher 
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:   William Thomas STAMPER 
Father Birthplace:   Spider, Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Betty ADAMS 
Mother Birthplace:   Letcher Co. 
Informant:   Rachel STAMPER, Spider, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Bergy Cemetery 
Date:  10 January 1944 
Signature of funeral director:  Craft Funeral Home, Whitesburg Neon, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  13 March 1945
Registrar's Signature: Rose B. Craft acting Registrar per B. Carns
Date of Death:  05 January 1944
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 (blank)
Immediate cause of death:  Ruptured peptic ulcer
Duration: (blank)
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:  J. R. Aker, M.D., Anco, Ky.
Date signed:  13 March 1945 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 24 November 2010