DEATH CERTIFICATE

MART WICKER

Date  13 January 1940
Cert:  00848 
Place of Death: County: Floyd     City or Town:  Lackey
Name of Hospital or Institution: (blank)
Length of stay in hospital or community: (blank)
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: Ky.    County:  Lackey
City or Town:  Lackey     Street No.:  Lackey 33
Full Name:  Mart WICKER
If Veteran Name War: (blank)
Social Security No.: (blank)
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status: Male, White, Divorced
Husband or Wife of: (blank)
Age of husband or wife if alive: (blank)
Birth date of deceased:  ?  [sic]
Age: about 41 years
Birthplace:  Knott County, Ky.
Occupation:  Miner
Industry or business:  Coal
Father Name:  West WICKER
Father Birthplace:  Knott Co., Ky.
Mother Maiden Name:  Sally TRIPLETT
Mother Birthplace:  Ky.
Informant:  W. M. WICKER, Lackey
Burial Place:  Lackey
Date:  15 January 1940
Signature of funeral director: E. P. Arnold, Prestonsburg, Ky.
Date received by local registrar:  15 January 1940
Registrar's Signature:  Mrs. Ben Norris
Date of Death:  13 January 1940
I hereby certify that I attended deceased from (blank) to killed by Gun shot wound, that I last saw him alive on instantly 13 January 1940, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 10:30 p.m.
Immediate cause of death: Gun shot wound Head & Chest
Duration: (blank)
Due to: Instant Death
Major findings of operations: (blank)
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Homicide
Date of occurrence: 13 January 1940
Where did injury occur: on hiway [sic]
While at work: no
Means of injury: gunshot
Signature & Address:  A. J. Davidson, M.D., Prestonsburg, Ky.
Date signed:  (blank)
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 11 May 2010