DEATH CERTIFICATE

LIDA WITT

Date  09 August 1941
Cert:  20834
Place of Death: County: Perry     City or Town: Hazard
Name of Hospital or Institution: Hazard Hosp. Co., Ky.
Length of stay in hospital or community:  (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town:  Rural #4
Full Name:  Lida WITT 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Female, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  J. H. WITT
Age of husband or wife if alive:  39
Birth date of deceased:  (blank)
Age: 38 years
Birthplace:  Ky., Letcher Co.
Occupation:  (blank)
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Jim CAUDILL
Father Birthplace:  Ky., Letcher Co.
Mother Maiden Name:  Polly CAUDILL
Mother Birthplace:  Ky., Letcher Co.
Informant:  Jim CAUDILL, Smithsboro
Burial Place:  Smithsboro
Date:  11 August 1941
Signature funeral director: Engle Und. & Hdw. Co., Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 19 August 1941
Registrar's Signature:  Kathryn S. Johnson
Date of Death:  09 August 1941
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 06 August 1941 to 09 August 1941, that I last saw him alive on 09 August 1941, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 9:10 p.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Nephritis
Due to:  Pregnancy & hypertension
Major findings of operations:  Caeserean section
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  (blank)
Date of occurrence:  (blank)
Where did injury occur:  (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  (blank)
Signature:  J. E. Hagan, M.D., Hazard, Ky.
Date signed:  19 August 1941
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 02 February 2010