Date:    29 February 1948
Cert:    05959 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town:  Dry Creek, Ky.  Rural
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  (blank)
City or Town:  Dry Creek     Rural 
Full Name:  Elmer Alonzo KISER 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Ora COLLINS KISER
Age of husband or wife if alive: 20 years
Birth date of deceased:  29 September 1925 
Age:  22 years, 05 months, 00 days
Birthplace:  Dry Creek, Ky. 
Occupation:  Mining 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Alonzo KISER 
Father Birthplace:  Russell Co., Va. 
Mother Maiden Name:  Evaline COOK 
Mother Birthplace:   Dry Creek 
Informant:  Alonzo KISER, Dry Creek, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Family Cem. - Dry Creek 
Date:  01 March 1948 
Signature of funeral director:  Friends, Dry Creek
Date received by local registrar: 22 March 1948 
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  29 February 1948 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank), and that death occurred on the date stated above at 12:15 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Shot with a 12 gauge shot gun 
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Homicide
Date of occurrence:  29 February 1948
Where did injury occur:  In a neighbor's house
While at work:  No
Means of injury:  12 gauge shotgun
Signature & Address:  J. W. Duke, M.D., Hindman, Ky.
Date signed:  01 April 1948 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 27 December 2010