Date:   14 September 1941
Cert:   22646 
Place of Death: County: Knott     City or Town: Lackey, Ky.
Name of Hospital or Institution: Stumbo Mem. Hosp.
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.      County: Floyd
City or Town:  Estill, Ky.
Full Name:  George HICKS
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Sallie HICKS
Age of husband or wife if alive:  (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  20 August 1885
Age: 56 years, 00 months, 24 days
Birthplace:  (blank)
Occupation:  Farming
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Eligah COMBS
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Elizabeth GIBSON
Mother Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Informant:  Milerd GIBSON, Estill, Ky.
Burial Place:  Estill, Ky.
Date:  16 September 1941
Signature of funeral director:  O. T. Lemaster, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  22 September 1941
Registrar's Signature:  Phena Slone
Date of Death:  14 September 1941
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 07 September 1941 to 14 September 1941, that I last saw him alive on 14 September 1941, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 11:15 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  gastric hemorrhage
Duration: 01 day
Due to: gastric carcinoma
Other conditions:  Sl. rt. indirecting hernia
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Date of occurrence: (blank)
Where did injury occur: (blank)
While at work: (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address: C. R. Messer, M.D., Lackey, Ky.
Date signed:  18 September 1941
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 12 October 2010