    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE SON OF THE DECEASED STATED THAT FOR SEVERAL DAYS THE DECEASED HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS, LEFT ARM PAIN AND NOT FEELING WELL, BUT REFUSED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.  ON AUGUST 24, 1996, ABT. 1:30A.M., HE AGAIN COMPLAINED OF THE ABOVE SYMPTOMS, BUT AGAIN REFUSED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.  HE WENT TO SLEEP AND ABT. 6:00A.M., AND WOKE UP WITH THE SAME COMPLAINTS.  AT THIS POINT, HIS SON MADE THE DECISION TO TAKE HIM TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.    AT SOME POINT DURING TRANSPORTATION, HE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE.					
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED    UNRESPONSIVE AND IN CARDIAC  ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.  ADVANCE MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, HIS RHYTHM CONVERTED TO ASYSTOLE AND AT 7:10A.M., HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.  

    ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY, HE HAS NOT BEEN TREATED BY A PHYSCIAN FOR ANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS.