Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Bell, Milton R., 1937 

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Milton Riddick BELL, 7 Nov 1910 - 17 Mar 1937, death certificate abstract 

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Certificate of Death, Vol. 1569, No. 6059 
Commonwealth of Virginia 
Department of Health 
Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} 

Place Of Death: Norfolk Co.; 
City of Portsmouth, Va. 
Registration District No. [blank]; Registered No. 183 
Parrish Memo. Hospt. 

Full Name: Milton Riddick Bell 
             159 Chautauqua Ave. 
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Personal and Statistical Particulars 

Sex: M [Male] 
Color or Race: W [White] 
Single 

Date of Birth: Nov 7- [1910] 

Age: 26 Years 

Occupation- 
Trade: [blank] 
Industry: Va. Smelting Works 

Birthplace: Capron, Va. 

Father: 
-Name: Mr. Willis S. Bell 
-Birthplace: Va. 

Mother 
-Maiden Name: Mrs. Nettie Bell 
-Birthplace: Va. 

Informant: Mr. Willis S. Bell 
               Portsmouth, Va. 

Place of Burial, Cremation, or Removal: Olive Branch, 3/18/37 
Undertaker: J.E. Snellings & Co  
            Ports. Va

Filed: Mar. 18, 1937 
Registrar: L.H. Dewey 
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Medical Certificate of Death 
Date of Death: 3/17/37 

I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Mar. 9, 1937 to Mar. 17, 1937 
I last him alive on Mar. 16, 1937 
Death is said to have occurred, on date stated above, at 2:45 A.M. 

The Principal Cause of Death was as follows: 
Intercranial Pressure      Duration: [blank] 
[Health Dept. code] 017 
                        (over) 

Contributory (Secondary): 
Tumors? Will examine 
brain after finish autopsy 

Name of operation: Decompression  Date of: Mar 16 
What test confirmed diagnosis? [blank] 
Was there an autopsy? Yes 

Accident, suicide, or homicide? no 

Was disease in any way related to occupation of the deceased? no 

  (Signed)  R.L. Corbell, M.D. 
              400 Mt Vernon Ave 
                  Portsmouth  Va 
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[overleaf; a portion of the data above copied, in a fairer hand, onto another 
 certificate, which has been trimmed and pasted to the reverse, with 
 amendments] 

Milton Riddick Bell 
159 Chautauqua Ave. 
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Medical Certificate of Death 
Date of Death: 3/17/37 

I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Mar. 9, 1937 to Mar. 17, 1937 
I last him alive on Mar. 16, 1937 
Death is said to have occurred, on date stated above, at 2:45 A.M. 

The Principal Cause of Death was as follows: 
 Intercranial Pressure [struck] 
Autopsy - Encephalitis 
 Lethargica - No tumor found 
[Health Dept. code] 017 

Contributory (Secondary): 
Tumors? Will examine 
brain after finish autopsy 

Name of operation: Decompression  Date of: Mar 16 
What test confirmed diagnosis? [blank] 
Was there an autopsy? Yes 

Accident, suicide, or homicide? no 

Was disease in any way related to occupation of the deceased? no 

  (Signed)  R.L. Corbell, M.D. 
              400 Mt Vernon Ave. 
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Additional information: 
Obituary ("Tidewater News" {Franklin, VA}, ca. Mar. 19, 1937) at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400m6ob.txt 

The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA 
Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1937 1569-6059 

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 
Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com (Dec 2011) [brackets mine] 

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