DEATH CERTIFICATE

GERTRUDE TRIPLETT

Date:  01 December 1945
Cert:  25475
Place of Death: County: Floyd     City or Town: Garrett
Street No. or Location:  (blank) 
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County: Floyd
City or Town:  Garrett
Full Name:  Gertrude TRIPLETT
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Shelby TRIPLETT
Age of husband or wife if alive: 32 years
Birth date of deceased:  09 October 1925
Age: 21 years, 01 months, 22 days
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation:  (blank)
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Kele CHAFFINS
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Ollie COBURN
Mother Birthplace:  Floyd Co., Ky.
Informant:   Kelee CHAFFINS, Garrett, Ky.
Burial Place:  Garrett, Ky.
Date:  05 December 1945
Signature of funeral director: W. J. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  21 December 1945
Registrar's Signature:  Lucy Ramsdell
Date of Death:  01 December 1945
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 01 December 1945 to 01 December 1945, that I last saw him alive on 01 December 1945, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 10:45 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Gun shot wd. (illegible) skull (illegible) accidental
Duration: (blank)
Due to: (illegible)
Other conditions:  none
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address: (illegible) Hodge, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  18 December 1945
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 06 June 2010