Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....TATUM, ROBERT C. JR. February 23, 1975
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BASTROP DAILY ENTERPRISE - FEBRUARY 27, 1975
ROBERT C. JR. TATUM

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Beaumont for Robert C. Tatum, 
Jr. 26, of Silsbee, Texas, formerly of Bastrop.

He was pronounced dead around noon Sunday at Silsbee Hospital following an 
accidental electrocution. Mr. Tatum and Keith Wayne Burrell, age 23, had been 
dispatched to repair lines downed by a storm. Having checked the switch box 
first, they drove some four miles to the work site with two other employees of 
the power company officials reported. Line were downed yesterday about a quarter 
mile off the road in a wooded area.

Meantime, another worker from a nearby town had been given the same assignment, 
and finding the switchbox out of order, he restored power. The two fatalities 
resulted, as the held the broken lines, officials said.

Fellow workers attempted heart massage and artificial respiration while waiting 
for an ambulance, but to no avail.

Mr. Tatum is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sharon Smith Tatum, formerly of 
Bastrop; two sons, Bryan and Tommy, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Tatum of 
Bastrop; a brother, Tim Tatum with US Navy; one sister, Mrs. Patricia Carter of 
Orlando, Florida

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