Date:  31 January 1954
Cert:  26463 
Place of Death: County: Knott      City or Town: Rural (Lackey)
Length of stay (in this place): (blank)
Street address or location:  (Home)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.     County: Knott
City or Town: Rural (Lackey)    If rural give location: (blank)
Full Name:  John STURGILL 
Date of Death:  31 January 1954 
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  08 January 1878 
Age:  76 years
Usual Occupation:  Miner
Kind of Industry or business: Coal Mining
Birthplace:  Ky. 
Father's Name:  Charles STURGILL 
Mother's Maiden Name:  Frankie THOMAS 
Was deceased ever in armed forces: No
Social Security No.:  405-01-9447
Informant:  Maynard HOPKINS 
Disease/condition directly leading to death: Coronary Occlusion
Interval between onset and death:  (blank)
Due to:  arteriosclerosis
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 (blank) to (blank), that I last saw the deceased alive on (blank), and that death occurred at (blank), from the causes and on the date stated above.
Date signed:  10 February 1954
Address:  Lackey, Ky.
Signature:  C. M. Aker, M.D.
Burial, Cremation or Removal: Burial
Date:  03 February 1954
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  George Cox Cemetery
Location:  Betty, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  11 February 1954
Registrar's Signature:  Rose B. Craft
Funeral director & address:  Turner Funeral Home, Martin, Ky.
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 23 February 2011