DEATH CERTIFICATE

 GROVER CLEVELAND SEXTON

Date  12 December 1940
Cert:  02451
Place of Death: County: Letcher     City or Town: Fleming
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky. County:  Letcher
City or Town:  Rural     Street No.:  Farraday, Ky.
Full Name:  Grover Cleveland SEXTON
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: 403-10-3641
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Husband or Wife of:  Nancy Jane SEXTON
Age of husband or wife if alive:  50 years
Birth date of deceased:  28 April 1887
Age: 53 years, 07 months, 14 days
Birthplace:  Pine Top, Knott Co., Ky.
Occupation:  Coal Miner 
Industry or business: coal mines
Father Name:  not given
Father Birthplace:  ? [sic]
Mother Maiden Name:  not given
Mother Birthplace:  ? [sic]
Informant:  Sam Cox (clerk of store), Farraday, Ky.
Burial Place:  Bastin, Ky.
Date:  14 December 1940
Signature funeral director: Burke Funeral Home, Whitesburg, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  27 January 1941
Registrar's Signature:  E. M. Collins
Date of Death:  12 December 1940
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 6 a.m.
Immediate cause of death:  Shock due to crushing mine injury - by motor car and coal; lived only a few hrs.
Duration: (blank)
Due to: (blank)
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Accident
Date of occurrence: 11 December 1940
Where did injury occur:  Industry
While at work:  Yes
Means of injury: Motor car & coal
Signature & Address:   R. D. Collins, M.D., Whitesburg, Ky.
Date signed:  26 January 1941
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 10 May 2010