Treasure Chest Thursday~Julius Johns Death Certificate

My maternal grandparents died before I was born; Grandpa Julius was hit by an automobile on May 15, 1937 and died the following day in a Monroe,Union County, NC hospital. Grandma Mamie died in the Doctor office of a heart attack, 1 year, 1 month and 1 day later on 17 June 1938. 

For years I looked for a Death Certificate or an obituary for my grandparents without success. Then one year while home, on leave from the Air Force, my aunt calmly said well your grandfather didn't die here; the closest hospital in 1937 was in Monroe, NC and that is where I found the treasure that I am sharing today.

The following is a transcription of this death certificate (typed parts= normal type, Certificate blanks are bold and underlined):

North Carolina State Board of Health
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH            253
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1. Place of Death:
County: Union
Township: Monroe
City: Monroe, NC.
2. Full Name: Julious Johns======================
3. Sex: Male4. Color or Race: White5. Single, Married , Widowed: Married
5a. If married Husband of/wife of: Mamie Johns
6. Date of birth: blank
7. Age: about 518. Trade, Profession:
9. Industry or business: P.W. A. Work [WPA]
12. Birthplace: Marlboro County, South Carolina


13. Name, Father: Joe Johns14. Birthplace, Father: Marlboro Co., South Carolina
15. Maiden Name, Mother: Not Known16. Birthplace, Mother: Not Known 
17. Informant: Carl Johns18. Burial, cremation, removal
Place: Zoar Church  Date: May 18, 1937
19. Undertaker: Pusser Funeral Home
                        Chesterfield, S.C.
20, Filed: June 5, 1937, Mrs. Julian Griffen21. Date of Death: May 16, 1937
22. I hereby certify that I attended deceased from May 16, 1937 to May 16, 1937.
I last saw him alive on May 16, 1937 death is said to have occurred on the date sated above at 8:00 PM. The principle cause of death and related causes of importance in order of onset were as follows:
Fractured of Skull, May 15, 1937
23. If death was due to external cause fill in the following.
Accident, May 15, 1937, near Chesterfield , SC, Public thoroughfare, auto accident , fractured skull, both legs
24. Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation of deceased. No
(Signed) Parker C. Harden, Monroe, NC

The information on this death certificate was given by Carl Johns, the oldest son of Julius Johns, and matches information I found during my research. Julius was born March 4, 1887 and died May 16, 1937 at age 50. His Father Joe Johns was born in Chesterfield County instead of Marlboro County as indicated on this Death Certificate.

After this Death Certificate was found an obituary for Julius was also found. No obituary or death certificate has been found for his wife, my Grandmother, Mary Catherine “Mamie” Brock Johns. Her death is recorded on her tombstone at Zoar Cemetery as June 17, 1938 exactly one year, one month and one day after the death of her husband.










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[1] Julius Johns, death certificate #253 (1937), Register of Deeds, Monroe, Union County, North Carolina.
[2] James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Self-Published, 1995, page 842. Tombstone of Julius Johns; 4 March 1887–16 May 1937, Zoar United Methodist Cemetery, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
[3] James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 842. Tombstone of Mamie Johns; 21 September 1889–17 June 1938, Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.