Date:    30 May 1945
Cert:    10665 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town: Lackey
Name of Hospital or Institution: Stumbo Mem. Hosp.
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Knott
City or Town:  Lackey 
Full Name:  Morse Lee STEPHENS 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:   Male, White, Widowed
Husband or Wife of:  Cora STEPHENS
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  19 October 1876 
Age:  68 years, 07 months, 11 days
Birthplace:  Carter Co., Ky. 
Occupation:  none 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  James STEPHENS 
Father Birthplace:  Letcher Co., Ky. 
Mother Maiden Name:   Julia Ann HALL 
Mother Birthplace:   Carter Co., Ky. 
Informant:  Gaylord STEPHENS, Lackey, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Lackey, Ky. 
Date:  02 June 1945 
Signature of funeral director:  W. J. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 30 May 1945 
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  30 May 1945 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 27 May 1945 to 30 May 1945, that I last saw him alive on 30 May 1945, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 11:00 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Cancer of (illegible) colon
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  Intestinal obstruction
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:  A. P. Hodge, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  30 May 1945 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 30 November 2010