Age 22 when he died.
According to the death records, he was killed in mining accident "fell into machinery crushing injury".
The Tennesseean (Nashville, Tennessee)
Monday December 13, 1937
Killed in Mine
Columbia Man Victim of Mishap at Phosphate Firm
Columbia, Tenn., December 12 (Spl.) - James Roscoe Tucker, 22, employe of the Armour phosphate mines near here, was killed almost instantly when he was dragged through the drag-shaft of the mine at 5:30 o'clock this morning.
Tucker's foot slipped and he fell into the shaft. His body was badly Mangled.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Tucker, of Shady Grove. He is survived also by four sisters, Misses Lois, Margaret, Doris and Mary Tucker, and two brothers, Carl and Glenn Tucker.
Funeral services will be held at Shady Grove at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Elder B. F. Harding, of Columbia, will officiate.
Burial will be near Shady Grove.
Age 22 when he died.
According to the death records, he was killed in mining accident "fell into machinery crushing injury".
The Tennesseean (Nashville, Tennessee)
Monday December 13, 1937
Killed in Mine
Columbia Man Victim of Mishap at Phosphate Firm
Columbia, Tenn., December 12 (Spl.) - James Roscoe Tucker, 22, employe of the Armour phosphate mines near here, was killed almost instantly when he was dragged through the drag-shaft of the mine at 5:30 o'clock this morning.
Tucker's foot slipped and he fell into the shaft. His body was badly Mangled.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Tucker, of Shady Grove. He is survived also by four sisters, Misses Lois, Margaret, Doris and Mary Tucker, and two brothers, Carl and Glenn Tucker.
Funeral services will be held at Shady Grove at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Elder B. F. Harding, of Columbia, will officiate.
Burial will be near Shady Grove.
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