DEATH CERTIFICATE

SHELBY STURGILL

Date  17 May 1936
Cert:  20296
Place of Death: Voting Pct.:  #30, Hazard Hospital Co., Hazard, Perry Co., Ky.
Full Name:  Shelby STURGILL
Residence:  Hindman, Ky.
Length of Residence: Life
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Date of Birth:  (blank)
Age: 15 years
Occupation:  Student
Birthplace:   Knott County, Ky.
Father Name:  R. B. STURGILL
Birthplace Father:  Kentucky
Mother Maiden Name:  Maria VANCE
Birthplace Mother:  Kentucky
Informant/Address:  R. B. STURGILL, Hindman, Ky.
Burial Cremation Removal Place:  Hindman, Ky.
Date:  17 May 1936
Undertaker/Address:  G. W. Nicholson, Hazard, Ky.
Filed:  01 August 1936
Registrar:  J. P. Boggs
Death of Date:  17 May 1936
I hereby certify, That I attended deceased from 04 May 1936 to 17 May 1936, that I last saw him alive on 17 May 1936, death is said to have occurred on the date stated above, at 4:35 a.m.
Cause of Death:  Peritonitis
Date of onset:  (blank)
Contributory causes: Ruptured appendix
Name of operation: Appendectomy
Date of:  05 May 1936
What test confirmed diagnosis:  (blank)
Was there an autopsy:  No
Accident, suicide, homicide: (blank)
Date of Injury: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
Specify whether injury occurred industry, home, public place:
Manner of injury: (blank)
Nature of injury: (blank)
Related to occupation: No
Signed/Address:  R. L. Collins, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 21 April 2010