DEATH CERTIFICATE

ESTILL WALTERS

Date  26 February 1941
Cert:  05778
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town: Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution:  Hazard Hospital Co. 
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky. County: Perry
City or Town:  Bulan     Street No.:  Rural
Full Name:  Estill WALTERS
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  (blank)
Age: 27 years
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation:  Truck Driver
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Jim WALTERS
Father Birthplace:  Breathitt Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Margaret SMITH
Mother Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Informant:  Jim WALTERS, Bulan, Ky.
Burial Place:  Bulan, Ky.
Date:  27 February 1941
Signature of funeral director: Engle Und. & Hdwe., Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  03 March 1941
Registrar's Signature:  Kathryn S. Johnson
Date of Death:  26 February 1941
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 25 February 1941 to 26 February 1941, that I last saw him alive on 26 February 1941, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 2:45 a.m.
Immediate cause of death: Diffuse peritonitis
Duration: 04 days
Due to: Ruptured appendix     Duration:  04 days
Major findings of operations: diffuse peritonitis, ruptured appendix
Accident, suicide, or homicide: no
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address:  J. E. Hagan, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  01 March 1941
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 21 May 2010