Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tucker, James A., 1956 

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JAMES ARNOLD TUCKER 

Newsoms Boy, 5, Fractures Skull 

  FRANKLIN - James R. [sic; A.] Tucker, 5-year-old son of Dr. [sic; Mr.] and 
Mrs. David Tucker, of Newsoms, is in critical condition at Raiford Memorial 
Hospital suffering from a severe fracture of the skull. 

  The boy was injured yesterday afternoon when he fell from the back of a 
truck being driven by his father, a farmer of the Newsoms community. 

  According to the boy's father, he had sent a Negro employee, Frank Granger, 
to the peanut field to load 9 bags of peanuts in a pickup truck.  Granger 
brought the truck to the Tucker house and parked the truck here.  Tucker then 
sent Granger to the barn to do some other work and thought he saw the boy go 
with him.  Unbeknownst to Tucker, however, his son climbed into the back of 
the truck. 

  Tucker then drove to Newsoms, arriving there within five minutes and was 
then informed by an unidentified Negro man that his son had fallen from the 
back of the truck onto the tar and gravel road which leads from Tucker's 
house to Newsoms. 

  Tucker, returning down the road, found a Mr. Williams from Courtland had 
picked up the boy and placed him in the back seat of his automobile.  Tucker, 
along with his brother A.W. Tucker, Jr., got into Williams' car and brought 
the boy into Raiford Hospital.  The boy was unconscious at the time he was 
brought to the hospital and is reported in critical condition. 

  The Tuckers have three other children: Douglas 13, Steve 11, and Priscilla 
9. 

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Injuries Fatal To Tucker Boy 

  FRANKLIN - James R. [sic; A.] Tucker, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. David 
Tucker, of Newsoms, died this morning in Raiford Memorial Hospital from head 
injuries suffered in a fall from the back of a truck Tuesday. 

  The Tucker boy was reported to have never regained consciousness after he 
fell from the truck on a gravel road and sustained a fractured skull. 

  The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home, where it will remain 
pending funeral arrangements. 

  The boy was injured while riding on the back of a truck driven by his 
father, a farmer in the Newsoms community.  The father was unaware that his 
son was on the truck. 

  According to the boy's father he had sent a Negro employee, Frank Granger, 
to the peanut field to load peanuts in a pickup truck.  Granger brought the 
truck to the Tucker house and parked the truck here.  Tucker then sent Granger 
to the barn to do some other work and thought he saw the boy go with him. 
Unknown to Tucker, however, his son climbed into the back of the truck. 

  Tucker then drove to Newsoms, arriving there within five minutes and was 
told that his son had fallen from the back of the truck onto the tar and 
gravel road which leads from Tucker's house to Newsoms. 

  Tucker, returning down the road, found a Mr. Williams from Courtland had 
picked up the boy and placed him in the back seat of his automobile. 

  Tucker, along with his brother, A.W. Tucker, Jr., got into Williams' car and 
brought the boy into Raiford Hospital. 

  The Tuckers have three other children: Douglas 13, Steve 11, and Priscilla 
9. 

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BOY, 5, DIES AS A RESULT OF FALL FROM TRUCK 

  A 5-year-old boy died Friday at a Franklin hospital from injuries received 
Tuesday* when he fell from a truck driven by his father.

  The victim was James Arnold Tucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Tucker of 
Newsoms.  He is survived also by two brothers, Charles Douglas and Walter 
Steve Tucker; a sister, Priscilla Lee Tucker; his paternal grandmother, 
Mrs. Minnie R. Tucker of Newsoms; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and 
Mrs. T.V. Bailey of Handsom.

  A funeral service will be held a 3 p.m. Saturday at Newsoms Methodist 
Church with burial in Newsoms Cemetery.


James Arnold TUCKER, son of David C. & Alese A. (BAILEY) TUCKER of Newsoms, 
b. 31 May 1951, Southampton Co., 
fell from truck 4* Dec 1956, d. 7 Dec 1956, Franklin, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery**, Newsoms, 8 Dec 1956, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 288, Wed., Dec. 5, 1956, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 290, Fri., Dec. 7, 1956, p. 1; 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sat., Dec. 8, 1956, p. 3 

**His parents & paternal grandparents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-65&66): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by shawn Bailey Frye - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #66122795; it shows d. 4 Dec 1956. 

His maternal grandparents are buried in Southampton Memorial Park. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list (SMP-D2-78): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 3, 1952, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/t260d1ob.txt 

D.Cert. 30641 (Franklin #122) gives injured 5 Dec. 


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