NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

GROVER WILLIAMS

Date:  17 December 1963
Cert:  36982 
Place of Death: County: Buncombe      Township: Leicester
Length of stay (in this place): 18 months
City or Town:  Leicester 
Street address or location: Route 2
Usual Residence of Deceased: State: North Carolina
County:  Buncombe     City or Town:  Leicester
Street Address: Route 2
Full Name:  Grover WILLIAMS 
Date of Death:  17 December 1963 
Sex, Color or Race, Marital Status:  Male, White, Married
Date of Birth:  04 April 1916 
Age:  47 years
Usual Occupation: Miner
Kind of Industry or business: Coal Mine
Birthplace:  Knott County, Ky.
Father's Name:  John H. WILLIAMS 
Mother's Maiden Name:  Susan SLOAN 
Name of Husband or Wife:  Louise FIELDS WILLIAMS 
Was deceased ever in armed forces:  No
Social Security No.:  (blank)
Informant:  Sidney WILLIAMS, Hindman, Ky. 
Death was caused by:  Gunshot wound chest, heart, liver, pancreas with (illegible) 
Interval between onset and death:  Sudden
Due to (b):  (blank)
Other significant conditions: (blank)
Autopsy: yes
Accident, suicide, or homicide: Homicide
Describe how injury occurred: Shot allegedly by his wife with 22 Rifle
Time of injury: 17 December 1963 5:29 a.m.
Injury occurred at work: Not while at work
Place of Injury: at home above
County/State:  Buncombe, N.C.
I attended deceased from never to (blank), that I last saw him alive on (blank).  Death occurred at 5:29 a.m., on the date stated above; and to the best of my knowledge from the causes stated.
Signature:  (illegible), Coroner 
Address:  Asheville, N.C. 
Date signed:  18 December 1963 
Burial, Cremation or Removal:  Removal 
Date:   18 December 1963 
Name of Cemetery or Crematory:  Williams Cemetery
Location:   Pine Top, Ky. 
Date received by local registrar:  18 December 1963
Registrar's Signature:  G. W. Stevens 
Funeral director & address:  Groce Funeral Home, Inc., 1401 Patton Ave., Asheville, N.C. 
Transcribed by Debbie Tamborski, 14 August 2010