Cecil 'Buck' Jenkins

1920 - 1969  (48 years)

• Name	Cecil 'Buck' Jenkins  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	25 Dec 1920	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	8 Sep 1942  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	US Army - WWII; 148th Military Police Platoon
  Death	9 Jun 1969	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
  	Cause: Industrial Accident
  	Crushed by tree falling on his bulldozer
  Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [1, 3]
  		Cemetery-Riverview (Clarksville TN)
  Person ID	I28674	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Gertie May Tigart,   b. 19 Mar 1927, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Apr 2008 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1946  [2]
  Children	1. Berney Ray Jenkins   2. Sandra Gail Jenkins,   b. 30 Jun 1959, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Sep 2002 (Age 43 years)  [natural]   3. Marvin Eugene Jenkins,   b. 16 Aug 1948, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 23 May 2017, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)  [natural]   4. Dorothy Ann Jenkins,   b. 25 Feb 1952   d. 1 Mar 2020, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)  [natural]   5. Luther Forrest 'Luke' Jenkins,   b. 21 Apr 1947, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Sep 2021, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years)  [natural]   6. Roger Dale Jenkins   7. Carl David Jenkins,   b. 3 Jan 1955   d. 22 Dec 1977, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 22 years)  [natural]   8. Cecil Wayne Jenkins   9. Debra Jenkins   10. Kathy Marie Jenkins   11. Patsy LeVerne Jenkins   12. Greg Jenkins  [natural]
  Family ID	F12438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Dec 1920 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Death - Cause: Industrial Accident - 9 Jun 1969 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Cemetery-Riverview (Clarksville TN)

  
  

  News

  Fatality-JENKINS Cecil (Industrial)

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S35] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 10 Jun 1969; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/353391529/?article=a7b6f023-e534-4403-b1b7-f713ddecbeb0&focus=0.008841965,0.57585317,0.13535583,0.8834853&xid=3355. [S31] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), National Archives at St. Louis, MO; St. Louis, MO, USA; Applications for Headstones, 1/1/1925 - 6/30/1970; NAID: NAID 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [S97] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S35] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 4 Apr 2008; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/294772983/?article=17fdcf7a-cd23-4e08-9f4a-c62e6e463cff&focus=0.20453946,0.19307584,0.3502357,0.5783993&xid=3355. [S3212] Death of Cecil Jenkins -The Leaf-Chronicle - 10 Jun 1969, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville TN; Date: 10 Jun 1969;), LOCAL MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT. A New Providence construction worker was killed yesterday afternoon in an accident while clearing land with a bulldozer. The victim was identified as Cecil (Buck) Jenkins, 50, a resident of 113 Circle Hill Drive. According to reports, Jenkins was operating a bulldozer when he uprooted a tree with the vehicle, and tree fell across the dozer and struck Jenkins in the head. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Clarksville Memorial Hospital. The accident occurred about 1:45 p.m. on land fronting York Road, just off Dotsonville Road. He was the father of 12 children. Funeral arrangements are in today's obituary column. • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 10 Jun 1969, Tue • Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105080721/the-leaf-chronicle/?xid=637 Fatality-JENKINS Cecil (Industrial)