WAYNE RUCKER
1904-1948
Wayne Rucker Killed In Slate Fall
Wayne Rucker, 43, well-known Van Lear man, was killed instantly in a
slate fall in a Van Lear mine Wednesday morning. He and two other men
were operating a coal loading machine when a piece of slate about six or
eight-feet wide suddenly fell and struck him. The other two men, who
were on the opposite side, escaped injury by jumping into a breakthrough.
Mr. Rucker is survived by his wife, Agnes Jasper Rucker, and six
children. Surviving also are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Rucker of
Van Lear, and several brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, but definite arrangements are
not complete at this time.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
26 August 1948
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OBITUARY-2
Funeral Services for Wayne Rucker, Age 43, Van Lear, was held at his home
Sunday, August 29, at 2 p.m. Rev. Leonard Bowling, Oak Hill, Ohio
conducted the services.
The decensed was killed instantly in a mine accident August 25 at the Van
Lear Mines where he had been employed for the past 13 years. He had been
active in church work since 1937 at the Little Mission Sunday School as
Superintendent, Treasurer, and Instructor of the Bible Class.
Surviving are his wife, Agnes, and six children, Ruth Ann, Nancy
Elizabeth, Sarah Margaret, Wayne, Jr., Paul Edward, and Helen Francis,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Rucker, six brothers, Glen Hitchins,
Erris, Hatcher, West Virginia, Harold, Dayton, Ohio, Russell of this
city, Stanley and Earl, San Bernardino, Calif.; and three sisters: Mrs.
J. E. Stapleton, Dayton, O., Mrs. Jack Fraley, and Naomi of Van Lear.
Burial was made in the Wells’ Cemetery, Paintsville, Kentucky. Active
pallbearers were: Frank Clifton, George Clifton, Lawrence Meddings,
Johnny Castle, Charles Brickey and John Marshell.
Honorary pallbearers were: Aud Williamson, Clyde O’Bryan, Bruce Phelps,
Eugene Hyden, Reverands D. C. Hughes, Horton Davis, John Dee Bailey,
Kenneth Fleming, Eddie Burnem, Clifton DeBoard.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
16 September 1948
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