DEATH CERTIFICATE

RUFUS ARNOLD WILLIAMS

Date:  23 July 1943
Cert:  19006 
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town:  Hazard, Ky.
Street No. or Location:  (blank) 
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County:  Perry
City or Town:  Hazard, Ky.
Full Name:  Rufus Arnold WILLIAMS
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, Colored, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Cara
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  06 January 1912
Age: 33 years, 06 months, 17 days
Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Occupation:  Miner
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  F. F. HAGANS
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Mother Maiden Name:  L. Cardilia WILLIAMS
Mother Birthplace:  Knott Co.
Informant:  (blank)
Burial Place:  Breeding Creek
Date:  24 July 1943
Signature funeral director: Maggard Funeral Home, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  30 July 1943
Registrar's Signature:  Anna Laura Boulos
Date of Death:  23 July 1943
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at (blank)
Immediate cause of death:  Gunshot wound in back
Duration: Inst.
Due to: (blank)
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  Homicide
Date of occurrence: 23 July 1943
Where did injury occur: Near home
While at work: No
Means of injury: Gunshot
Signature & Address: Ed. H. Ivey, Coroner, P.C. Co., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  31 July 1943
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 02 June 2010