DEATH CERTIFICATE

JOE THOMPSON

Date 15 April 1942
Cert:  08573
Place of Death: County: Fayette     City or Town:  Lexington
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Eastern State Hospital
Length of stay in hospital or community:  14 days
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky  County: Knott
City or Town: Mousie
Full Name:  Joe THOMPSON
If Veteran Name War:  (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Grace THOMPSON
Age of husband or wife if alive:  35 years
Birth date of deceased:  13 May 1900
Age: 41 years, 11 months, 02 days
Birthplace:  Somerset, Ky.
Occupation:  Miner
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Grant THOMPSON - deceased
Father Birthplace:  Tennessee
Mother Maiden Name:  Lizzie SOMMERS - deceased
Mother Birthplace:  Whitley City, Ky.
Informant:  Eastern State Hospital Records, Lexington, Ky.
Burial Place:  Martin, Ky.
Date:  17 April 1942
Signature of funeral director: G. D. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  20 April 1942
Registrar's Signature:  D. A. Furlong
Date of Death:  15 April 1942
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 01 April 1942 to 15 April 1942, that I last saw him alive on 15 April 1942, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 5:45 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Hypertensive Heart Disease
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:  A. C. Beckett, M.D., Eastern State Hospital, Lexington, Ky.
Date signed:  15 April 1942
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 05 February 2010