Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Tatum, L. Sylvester November 15, 1952
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Roanoke Leader
Len Tatum, 33-year-old Negro man, was killed instantly last Saturday night when 
struck by a passing automobile. The accident occurred about 11:30 on the Double 
Head farm-to-market road near the Roanoke cattle barn. The Highway Patrol and 
Roanoke police officers investigated the accident. They report that Tatum's car, 
headed away from town, was stopped in its traffic lane, with its lights burning 
on bright, and that Tatum was standing in the road near his open car door when 
hit by an automobile headed toward town. The impact of the crash threw the 
victim against and over a taxi which had pulled up behind the Tatum car to see 
what the trouble was. Tatum's death was instant, and the taxi was damaged. 
Officers expressed the opinion that the accident was unavoidable insofar as the 
driver of the oncoming vehicle was concerned. Funeral services for Len Tatum 
will be conducted at two o'clock this Thursday afternoon from the Youngs Chapel 
Church in Clay County, with Thompsons & Sons Funeral Home directing.

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