Date:    27 May 1944
Cert:    20727 
Place of Death: County: Knott Co.     City or Town:  Handshoe
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.      County: Knott
City or Town:   Handshoe 
Full Name:  Mrs. Tilda HICKS 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Female, White, Widow
Husband or Wife of:  Geo. HICKS - Deceased
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:   Don't Know
Age:  66 years
Birthplace:  Don't Know 
Occupation:   Domestic 
Industry or business: (blank)
Father Name:  Don't Know 
Father Birthplace:   " 
Mother Maiden Name:  "  
Mother Birthplace:   " 
Informant:   Buster HICKS, Garrett, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Mousie, Ky. 
Date:   29 May 1944 
Signature of funeral director:  W. J. Ryan, Martin, Ky.
Date received by local registrar: 25 September 1944 
Registrar's Signature: Ida Livingston Rose B. Craft Acting Registrar
Date of Death:  27 May 1944 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on 1944, and that death occurred on the date stated above at  9 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Killed instantly broken neck
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  Thrown by horse
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Accident
Date of occurrence: 27 May 1944
Where did injury occur: Public road
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  Horse
Signature & Address: W. J. Ryan, Emb., Martin, Ky.
Date signed:  01 June 1944 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 13 November 2010