Death certificate, Charles Westley Adkins, 1917:
Name of deceased: Charles Westley Adkins
Certificate number: 36
Date of death: February 18, 1917
Place of death: 6th Civil District, Coal Creek, Anderson County, TN
Date of birth: July 2, 1894
Place of birth: Tennessee
White; male; aged 22 years, 6 months, 16 days; flagman on RR; married
Cause of death: Gunshot wound (Probable suicide, body found in room on bed by father on date stated above.), by J. M. Cox, MD, Coal Creek, TN
Name of father: [first name illegible] Adkins
Father’s birthplace: Tennessee
Name of mother: Amanda Murray
Place of birth: Tennessee
Informant: Sallie Adkins, Coal Creek, TN
Place of burial: Leach Cemetery
Date of burial: February 20, 1917
Undertaker: Rufe Edwards, Coal Creek, TN
[Abstratced from the microfilmed original by Stephanie A. Hill]