His death certificate records Ernest Clifford Quesenberry, age 60, born 16 April 1915 in Virginia, died 1 May 1975 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., North Carolina, usual residence Rt. 3, Box 154B, Hillsville, Carroll Co., Virginia, occupation tenant farmer, never married, father Lawrence Quesenberry, mother’s maiden name Louvenia Bond, cause of death septicemia with pulmonary abscesses, due to accidental burns, other conditions amputation of both legs for gangrene, ignited a bed with cigarette while in hospital for chronic alcoholism, burial in Thompson Cemetery, Carroll Co., Va.