Date:  21 July 1949
Cert:  14552 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Bath, Ky.
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Street address or location:  at home
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town: Bath, Kentucky     Street Address: (blank)
Full Name:  Rachael WARD
Date of Death:  21 July 1949
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Widowed
Date of Birth:  18 September 1881
Age:  67 years, 10 months, 03 days
Usual Occupation:  Housewife
Kind of Industry or business: (blank)
Birthplace:  Cordia, Kentucky
Father's Name:  Ruben GHENT
Mother's Maiden Name:  Nancy Ann SMITH
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Coy WARD, Bath, Ky.
Disease or condition directly leading to death:  Hypertensive Heart Disease
Interval between onset and death:  ? (transcribed as written)
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (from History of case)
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 (blank) to (blank), that I last saw the deceased alive on (blank), and that death occurred at 7 a.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  26 July 1949
Address:  Whitesburg, Ky.
Signature:  R. D. Collins, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  23 July 1949
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Hale Cemetery
Location:  Bath, Kentucky
Date received by local registrar: 30 July 1949
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  Archie Craft, Whitesburg, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 08 January 2011