Date:    16 July 1946
Cert:    15909 
Place of Death: County: Knott   City or Town:  Wiscoal, Ky.
Street Number or Location:  Home     Rural
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County:  Knott
City or Town:  Wiscoal, Ky.    Street No.:  Rural 
Full Name:  Gabe RITCHIE Jr. 
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:  (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  16 May 1946 
Age:  02 months, 00 days
Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky. 
Occupation:  (blank) 
Industry or business:  (blank)
Father Name:  Gabe RITCHIE 
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co. 
Mother Maiden Name:   Norsia RITCHIE 
Mother Birthplace:   Knott Co., Ky.
Informant:  Gabe RITCHIE, Wiscoal, Ky. 
Burial Place:   Mongtomery 
Date:  17 July 1946 
Signature of funeral director:  Jimmie Blair, Hazard, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  20 July 1946 
Registrar's Signature:  Mrs. Rose B. Craft
Date of Death:  16 July 1946 
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 (blank)
Immediate cause of death:  Gun shot wound
Duration: (blank)
Due to:  Gun shot in temporal region on left side
Major findings of operations: Inquest of Justice Peace to 6 jurors - says homicide
Accident, suicide, or homicide: homicide
Date of occurrence: 16 July 1946
Where did injury occur: home
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury: (blank)
Signature & Address:  J. R. Aker, M.D., Anco, Ky.
Date signed:  19 July 1946 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 14 December 2010