F.Y.I. Hope this is helpful information. I have NOT verified this. Can anyone verify this? Ann From: "Sammie Lee" <stlee@airmail.net> To: HATCHER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HATCHER-L] Incorrect info on monuments AND DEATH CERTIFICATES Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 12:44:13 -0600 Just as a P.S. to this message. In the state of Texas if your loved one dies at home under the care of hospice, the hospice nurse is now allowed to declare the official time of death and the funeral home is not required to take the body to a hospital for official pronouncement. -----Original Message----- From: CTSTMATT@aol.com <CTSTMATT@aol.com> To: HATCHER-L@rootsweb.com <HATCHER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [HATCHER-L] Incorrect info on monuments AND DEATH CERTIFICATES >HI NEL AND ALL COUSINS, >Just a short note from a funeral director (ME) who handles death >certificates all the time. >1. the time of death i wrong a lot of times because a. the family thinks >it was a certain time. b. the nurse says the person died at a certain. and >c. the doctor or the emergency room doctor pronounces the person at a >certain time. No matter what a family members says or a nurse says the >time of death is when that person is pronounced. even it is four hour later >or whatever. >2. The doctor has 72 working hours to sign a death certifcate in. the time >and date a doctor signs it doesn''t mean the time of death they are two >different times and could be different dates. (we have had doctors sign >deathcertificate up to two months after death). Matter of fact the doctor >usually doesn't even get the death certificate for a few days after death >because the funeral director has to get the personal info from the family >(And the family gives it wrong 50% of the time) and then the director types >it up and takes the certificate to the doctor. Hope this helps. take care >chuck townsend. PS DON'T EVER TAKE INFORMATION FROM A TOMBSTONE AS >TRUE. IT IS GOOD ONLY AS A REFERENCE. > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com