DEATH CERTIFICATE

CRUGER MARTIN

Date:  06 April 1952
Cert:  08802
Place of Death: County:  Bath    City or Town: Rural
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.   County: Montgomery
City or Town:  Rural    Street Address: Levee Road
Full Name:  Cruger MARTIN
Date of Death:  06 April 1952
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  13 April 1928
Age: 24 years
Usual Occupation: Laborer
Kind of Industry or business: Pipe Line
Birthplace:  Knott County, Ky.
Father's Name:  Johnie MARTIN
Mother's Maiden Name:  Ada ADAMS
Was deceased ever in armed forces: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Informant:  Johnie MARTIN
Disease or condition directly leading to death: gun shot wound on left side of Cranium and in left breast just above heart
Interval between onset and death:  (blank)
Due to:  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy: no
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Homicide
Place of injury: (blank)
City or Town, County, State: Owingsville, Rural, Bath, Ky.
Time of Injury: 06 April 1952 (illegible) p.m.
Injury occurred at work: Not while at work
How did injury occur: Shot by Deputy Sheriff Charley Staton
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 06 April 1952 to 06 April 1952, that I last saw the deceased alive on dead on my arrival, and that death occurred at 3 p.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  08 April 1952
Address:  Owingsville, Ky.
Signature:  J. (illegible B??ly), Coroner, Bath Co.
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Burial
Date:  09 April 1952
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Martin Cemetery
Location:  Mt. Sterling, Rural, Montgomery, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  April 1952
Registrar's Signature:  Mrs. Pearl Brostat 
Funeral director & address:  Eastin & Richey, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 11 August 2010