DEATH CERTIFICATE

ARTHUR WILLIAMS

Date:    23 May 1947
Cert:    22631 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town:  Lackey
Name of Hospital or Institution: Stumbo Mem.
Length of stay in hospital or community: 03 days
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Knott
City or Town:  Pine Top 
Full Name:  Arthur WILLIAMS 
If Veteran Name War: World War II
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Lettie WILLIAMS
Age of husband or wife if alive: 15 years
Birth date of deceased:  30 March 1922 
Age:  25 years, 01 months, 23 days
Birthplace:  Pine Top, Ky. 
Occupation:  Farmer 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  John H. WILLIAMS 
Father Birthplace:  Letcher Co. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Susana SLONE 
Mother Birthplace:   Pine Top, Ky. 
Informant:  Lettie WILLIAMS, Pine Top, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Pine Top 
Date:  26 May 1947 
Signature of funeral director:  G. D. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:   09 October 1947
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  23 May 1947 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 21 May 1947 to 23 May 1947, that I last saw him alive on 23 May 1947, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 10 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Respiratory failure 
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  Increased intracranial pressure caused by meningitis (meningococcic)
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 & Address:  C. M. Aker, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  08 October 1947 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 21 December 2010