Date:    02 January 1947
Cert:    03932 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town:  Lackey 
Name of Hospital or Institution: Stumbo Memo.
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Floyd
City or Town:  Salisbury 
Full Name:  Mrs. Ray Ruth STEELE 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Ray STEELE
Age of husband or wife if alive: 37 years
Birth date of deceased:  26 August 1926 
Age: 20 years, 04 months, 06 days
Birthplace:  Dema, Ky. 
Occupation:  House Work 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Toney HALL 
Father Birthplace:  Letcher Co. 
Mother Maiden Name:   Leza MEADE 
Mother Birthplace:   Dean, Ky. 
Informant:  Ray HALL, Hi Hat, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Salisbery
Date:   05 January 1947 
Signature of funeral director:  G. D. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  01 February 1947 
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  02 January 1947 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 02 January 1947 to 02 January 1947, that I last saw him alive on 02 January 1947, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 6 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Drowning 
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  being thrown into water in an auto accident
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: accident
Date of occurrence:  02 January 1947
Where did injury occur: In public place
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury: drowned in Beaver Creek
Signature & Address:  C. M. Aker, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  03 January 1947 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 21 December 2010