Date:  15 January 1953
Cert:  01268 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Lackey, Ky.
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Stumbo Memorial Hosp.
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town: Brinkley (Rural)     If rural give location: on Lower Jones Fork
Full Name:  Viola SUMNER 
Date of Death:  15 January 1953 
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Date of Birth:  12 March 1914 
Age:  39 years 
Usual Occupation:  (blank)
Kind of Industry or business: Housewife
Birthplace:   Knott Co., Ky. 
Father's Name:  Daniel CALTON 
Mother's Maiden Name:  Laura PARKS 
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Informant:  Lester SUMNER 
Disease or condition directly leading to death: Post partum hemorrhage
Due to:  retained placenta
Interval between onset and death:  06 hours
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy: No
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Place of injury: (blank)
City or Town, County, State: (blank)
Time of Injury: (blank)
Injury occurred at work: (blank)
How did injury occur: (blank)
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 15 January 1953 to 15 January 1953, that I last saw the deceased alive on 15 January 1953, and that death occurred at 7:00 a.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  21 January 1953
Address:  Lackey, Ky.
Signature:  C. M. Aker, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal: Burial
Date:  18 January 1953
Name of Cemetery or Crematory: Parks Cemetery
Location:  Brinkley, Knott Co., Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  24 January 1953
Registrar's Signature: Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  John Everage, Hindman, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 11 February 2011