Date:  23 February 1956
Cert:  #56-5640
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Rural - Ritchie
Length of stay (in this place):  Life
Street address or Location:  On Clear Creek
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.      County:  Knott
City or Town:  Ritchie    Street Address: Rural
Full Name:  Nick RITCHIE
Date of Death:  23 February 1956
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  03 October 1884
Age: 71 years
Usual Occupation:  Ret. Miner
Kind of Industry or business: Mining
Birthplace:   Ky.
Father's Name:  Ned RITCHIE
Mother's Maiden Name:  Kizzie SMITH
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.: XXX-XX-XXXX
Informant:  Martha RITCHIE
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Cerebral Apoplexy
Interval between onset and death: 03 days
Due to (b): Hypertensive Heart Disease
Interval between onset and death:  03 years
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Date of Operation: (blank)
Major findings of operation: (blank)
Autopsy: No
Accident, suicide, or homicide: (blank)
Place of injury: (blank)
City or Town, County, State: (blank)
Time of Injury: (blank)
Injury occurred at work: (blank)
How did injury occur: (blank)
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 20 February 1956 to 23 February 1956, that I last saw the deceased alive on 22 February 1956, and that death occurred at 5 p.m., from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:   08 March 1956
Address:  Allock
Signature:  A. B. Pigman, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal: Burial
Date:  25 February 1956
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Ritchie Cem.
Location:  Ritchie, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  09 March 1956
Registrar's Signature: Myrtle Slone
Funeral director & address:  Family & Friends, (illegible) Frank Fugate
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 25 March 2012