DEATH CERTIFICATE

FRANK THACKER

Date 12 August 1948
Cert:  16867 
Place of Death: County: Jefferson     City or Town:  Rural
Name of Hospital or Institution: Nichols Veterans Administration Hospital 
Length of stay in hospital or community:  14 days
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Kentucky   County: Knott
City or Town:  Hindman
Full Name:  Frank THACKER 
If Veteran Name War:  World War I
Social Security No.:  None
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Single
Husband or Wife of:   None 
Age of husband or wife if alive:  None
Birth date of deceased:  01 April 1892 
Age:  56 years, 04 months, 12 days
Birthplace:  Lebanon, Kentucky  [sic]
Occupation:  Miner 
Industry or business: unemployed
Father Name:  Henry THACKER 
Father Birthplace:  Knott County, Kentucky 
Mother Maiden Name:  Sarah PIGMAN 
Mother Birthplace:  Knott County, Kentucky 
Informant:  VA Hospital Records, VA Hospital, Louisville 2, Ky. 
Removal Place:  Hazard, Kentucky
Date:  13 August 1948 
Signature of funeral director: H. Bosse & Son, 600 E. Broadway, Louis., Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  16 August 1948
Registrar's Signature:  N. N Ferguson 
Date of Death:  12 August 1948 
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from 29 July 1948 to 12 August 1948, that I last saw him alive on 12 August 1948, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 6:15 a.m. 
Immediate cause of death:  Malignant Tumor of Left Chest, Etiology Undetermined
Due to:  (blank)
Major findings of autopsy:  none performed
Accident, suicide, or homicide:  (blank)
Date of occurrence:  (blank)
Where did injury occur:  (blank)
While at work:  (blank)
Means of injury:  (blank)
Signature: Ralph S. Metheny, M.D., VA Hosp., Louisville, Ky.
Date signed:  13 August 1948 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 15 February 2010