Death Certificate of Robert Hodges 1948

Submitted by  Kathy Hines

  Kentucky Certificate of Death
  Registration District No. 835
  Primary Registration District No. 6451
  File No. 8322
  Registered No.
  County Laurel
  City or town: Lily
  Name of hospital or facility: [blank]

  Full Name: Robert Hodges
  Sex: Male
  Color: White
  Marital Status: Widowed
  Name of HUSBAND or WIFE: Nancy Johnson Hodges
  Age of husband or wife if alive: Dead
  Date of Birth of deceased: May 15, 1867
  Age: 80 yrs, 10 mos., 19 dys.

  Birthplace: Laurel County Ky
  Occupation: Retired Farmer
  Name of Father: James Hodges
  Birthplace of Father: Tenn.
  Maiden Name of Mother: Delcina Vaughn
  Birthplace of Mother: Unknown
  Informant's own signature: Willie Hodges
  (Address) Lily Ky
  Burial, cremation, or removal: Maplesville Ky Date of burial: 4/5, 1948
  Undertaker: House Funeral Home
  (Address) London Ky
  Filed: 4-22, 1948 Ruth Gaines Registrar

  [right hand column of the death certificate]
  Usual residence of deceased: Kentucky, Laurel, Lily
  If foreign born, how long in the U.S.A.? [blank]
  Date of Death: Apr 4, 1948
  I Hereby Certify That I attended deceased from Dec 24, 1940 to April 3, 1948. I last saw him
  alive on Apr 3, 1948, and that death is said to have occurred on the date stated above, at 1:45
  Am.
  Cause of Death: Intestinal obstruction
  Duration: 4 dys.
  Due to: Intestinal Paralysis
  Duration: 1 week
  Major findings of operations: 61 - 122B
  (Signed) C.A. Wathen, M.D.
  (Address) London Ky Date signed: 4/4-48