Talladega County AlArchives Obituaries.....Puckett, Thomas Reddon December 23, 1902
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Our Mountain Home newspaper 12/31/1902 edition
T. R. Puckett killed by railroad at Troy last Tuesday evening - buried 
Christmas Day

	Monday afternoon, December 22, T. R. Puckett left Talladega for Troy 
Ala., to accept a position with a cotton old company.  He reached his 
destination Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock.  Sometime during the morning he had 
a tooth extracted which had been giving him great pain and annoyance.  When 
next seen, he was sitting on the end of a crosstie near the Central of Georgia 
depot in an unconscious condition, where he was struck in the left side by a 
fast frieght, which instantly killed him.
	Mr Puckett's relatives were notified of the horrible trajedy and the 
remains reached here Christmas morning.  His funeral services were conducted 
at the family residence by Rev. T M Callaway on the same morning, and the 
remains, followed by a large number of relatives and friends, were borne to 
the cemetery and put away.
	Mr. T.R. Puckett was 53 years old, and had lived in Talladega almost 
continuously since childhood.  He was a man of many admirable traits of 
character, and a good and industrious citizen.  In his immediate famoily he is 
survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters, who have the sympathy of 
the entire community in the great bereavement.

Mr. Chas R Puckett, of Knoxville, and Mrs. M. E. Johnson, of Chattanooga, 
attended the funeral of their brother, Thomas R. Puckett last week.

Additional Comments:
Thomas R Puckett was a son of James Franklin Puckett and his wife Virginia 
Catherine Winn of Abbeville, SC.  He married Martha Elouise Williams, daughter 
of William Sims Williams and Mariah Louise Adeline Taylor.  He is buried at 
Oak Hill Cemetery in Talladega.  His widow, Martha E, died in 1910 and is also 
buried at Oak Hill with him.

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