Arkansas State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
Registration District No. Unledgable
Primary Registration District No.: 5004
State File No.: 12794
Registrators No: Blank

1. Place of Death: : (a) County: Arkansas (b) Township: Chester (c,d) blank (e) Length of stay in this county: 24 yr.
2. Usual Residence of deceased: (a) State: Ark (b) Ark (c) Near Nady (d, e) blank
3. Full Name: (a) Alvin A. Tharp (108) (b) veteran: None (c) Blank
4. Sex: M
5. Color: W
6. Status: (a) Married (b) Name of husband or wife: Ophelia Tharp (c) age of husband of wife: 69
7. Birth Date of Deceased: Feb 12, 1870
8. Age: 78 years, 9 months, 24 days
9. Birthplace: City/County: Ark Co. State: Ark
10. Usual Occupation: Farmer
11. Industry or Business: Blank
12. Father Name: Jeff Tharp
13. Father Birthplace: Unknown
14. Mother Name: Unknown
15. Mother Birthplace: Unknown
16. (a) Informants -- Signature: Henry Tharp (b) P.O. address: Nady, Ark
17. (a) Burial (b) Date: 12-7-48 (c) Hockenberry Cemetery
18. (a) Signature of Funeral director: Jack W. Essex (b) P. O. address: DeWitt, Ark.
19. (a) Date: 12/3/48 (b) Embalmer's signature: Maxine Simon
20. Date of death: Month: 12, Day: 6, Year 1948
21. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased at 3:30AM. Immediate cause of death: Stroke of Paralysis. Date of comment: 12-5-48.Due to: Hyper Tension. Lobatty. Date of comment: 1945Other conditions: Pneumonia last 2 days. Date of comment: 12-4-48.
22. Information regarding injury: unledgable.
23. signature of C. H. Waittfield, MD. DeWitt, Ark. 12-8-48
Source: Photocopy of Original Death Certificate.