Michael Leroy “Mike” Pugh

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Michael Leroy “Mike” Pugh

Birth
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA
Death
10 Feb 1988 (aged 26)
Hudson, Pasco County, Florida, USA
Burial
Reform, Pickens County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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SON OF LEROY AUTHOR PUGH AND BARBARA ELAINE PUGH. ELECTROCUTED, TRYING TO FIX A MICROWAVE OVEN. LEAVES BEHIND ONE CHILD: MICHELE PUGH. MIKE WAS IN THE U.S. ARMY. HIS SIBLINGS ARE: ROBERT ORMAN, BARBARA LOUISE, JESSE WILLIAM, MARGARET DENISE, JANET LEIGH, AND TINA LENORA PUGH. OBITUARY: HUDSON- A 26 YEAR OLD HUDSON MAN REPAIRING A MICROWAVE OVEN WHILE IT WAS PLUGGED INTO AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET DIED FROM A SEVERE ELECTRICAL SHOCK WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SHERRIFF'S RECORDS SAID. THE MAN'S WIFE SAID SHE SAW SPARKS COMING FROM BEHIND THE OVEN, THEN HEARD HER HUSBAND SCREAM AND FALL BACKWARD ONTO THE DINING ROOM FLOOR. HE PULLED THE MICROWAVE ONTO THE FLOOR BESIDE HIM, RECORDS SAID THE BACK WAS REMOVED AND A WIRE WAS DANGLING FROM THE OVEN. THE MICROWAVE HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE, AND THE MAN HAD TRIED TO FIX IT THREE WEEKS EARLIER. MICHAEL LEROY PUGH, OF 13129 ROSE TERRACE, APPEARED UNCONSCIOUS AFTER THE SHOCK. HE WAS TAKEN TO HCA BAYONET POINT/HUDSON MEDICAL CENTER AND PRONOUNCED DEAD ABOUT 8:30 P.M., PUGH'S WIFE DONNA, 38, TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SHE AND HER TWO CHILDREN GREG, 5, AND MICHELE, 2, WERE SITTING ON THE LIVING ROOM COUCH WHILE PUGH WAS TRYING TO FIX THE MICROWAVE. THE WOMAN SAID SHE RAN TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE TO CALL AN AMBULANCE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. PARAMEDICS WHO ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE ABOUT 7:45 P.M. TRIED TO REVIVE PUGH, BUT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. MRS. PUGH COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT WEDNESDAY, AND A NEIGHBOR SAID SHE AND HER CHILDREN WERE STAYING WITH FRIENDS. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE PASCO CO. MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE SAID THE FAMILY REQUESTED THAT AN AUTOPSY NOT BE DONE, AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE ELECTROCUTION. MICHAEL SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
SON OF LEROY AUTHOR PUGH AND BARBARA ELAINE PUGH. ELECTROCUTED, TRYING TO FIX A MICROWAVE OVEN. LEAVES BEHIND ONE CHILD: MICHELE PUGH. MIKE WAS IN THE U.S. ARMY. HIS SIBLINGS ARE: ROBERT ORMAN, BARBARA LOUISE, JESSE WILLIAM, MARGARET DENISE, JANET LEIGH, AND TINA LENORA PUGH. OBITUARY: HUDSON- A 26 YEAR OLD HUDSON MAN REPAIRING A MICROWAVE OVEN WHILE IT WAS PLUGGED INTO AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET DIED FROM A SEVERE ELECTRICAL SHOCK WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SHERRIFF'S RECORDS SAID. THE MAN'S WIFE SAID SHE SAW SPARKS COMING FROM BEHIND THE OVEN, THEN HEARD HER HUSBAND SCREAM AND FALL BACKWARD ONTO THE DINING ROOM FLOOR. HE PULLED THE MICROWAVE ONTO THE FLOOR BESIDE HIM, RECORDS SAID THE BACK WAS REMOVED AND A WIRE WAS DANGLING FROM THE OVEN. THE MICROWAVE HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE, AND THE MAN HAD TRIED TO FIX IT THREE WEEKS EARLIER. MICHAEL LEROY PUGH, OF 13129 ROSE TERRACE, APPEARED UNCONSCIOUS AFTER THE SHOCK. HE WAS TAKEN TO HCA BAYONET POINT/HUDSON MEDICAL CENTER AND PRONOUNCED DEAD ABOUT 8:30 P.M., PUGH'S WIFE DONNA, 38, TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SHE AND HER TWO CHILDREN GREG, 5, AND MICHELE, 2, WERE SITTING ON THE LIVING ROOM COUCH WHILE PUGH WAS TRYING TO FIX THE MICROWAVE. THE WOMAN SAID SHE RAN TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE TO CALL AN AMBULANCE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. PARAMEDICS WHO ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE ABOUT 7:45 P.M. TRIED TO REVIVE PUGH, BUT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. MRS. PUGH COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT WEDNESDAY, AND A NEIGHBOR SAID SHE AND HER CHILDREN WERE STAYING WITH FRIENDS. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE PASCO CO. MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE SAID THE FAMILY REQUESTED THAT AN AUTOPSY NOT BE DONE, AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE ELECTROCUTION. MICHAEL SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

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Mike is my nephew.