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
  Military Service	8 Sep 1942  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	US Army - WWII; 148th Military Police Platoon
  		Military Insignia-US Army Military Police US Army - Military Police Insignia
  Death	9 Jun 1969	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
  	Cause: Industrial Accident - Bulldozer
  	Crushed by tree falling on his bulldozer
  Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  		Riverview Cemetery (originally known as the City Cemetery) Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee Find a Grave: #17796
  Person ID	I28116	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Gertie May Tigart,   b. 19 Mar 1927, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Apr 2008, Gateway Medical Center, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1946  [4, 7]
  Children	1. Sandra Gail Jenkins,   b. 30 Jun 1959, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Sep 2002 (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Marvin Eugene Jenkins,   b. 16 Aug 1948, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 23 May 2017, Tennova Healtcare, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Dorothy Ann Jenkins,   b. 25 Feb 1952   d. 1 Mar 2020, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Luther Forrest 'Luke' Jenkins,   b. 21 Apr 1947, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Sep 2021, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Living   6. Carl David Jenkins,   b. 3 Jan 1955   d. 22 Dec 1977, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Living   8. Living   9. Living   10. Living   11. Living   12. Greg Jenkins  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F12463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

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

  
  

• News

  News (Fatality)-JENKINS Cecil (Industrial Accident) 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…

  
  

• Sources

  [S8186] Find a Grave: JENKINS Cecil 1920-1969, Cecil "Buck" Jenkins (Veteran). [S87] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2012;), National Archives at St Louis, MO; St Louis, MO ; 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 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 [S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S4625] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Cecil Jenkins • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - 10 Jun 1969, Cecil "Buck" Jenkins -- The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 10 Jun 1969; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353391529/?article=a7b6f023-e534-4403-b1b7-f713ddecbeb0&focus=0.008841965,0.57585317,0.13535583,0.8834853&xid=3355 [S4674] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Gertie Jenkins • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - 4 Apr 2008, Gertie May Tigart Jenkins -- The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 4 Apr 2008; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee. https://www.newspapers.com/image/294772983/?article=17fdcf7a-cd23-4e08-9f4a-c62e6e463cff&focus=0.20453946,0.19307584,0.3502357,0.5783993&xid=3355 [S675] Newspapers.com: Death of Carlotta Huddleston • Madison Messenger - Jun 1945, (Name: The Messenger; Location: Madisonville, Kentucky; Date: 11 Jun 1945;), CHILD DIES IN DOCTOR'S OFFICE. Carlotta Marie Huddleston, four-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ardell Huddleston, Dawson at 9:30 am today while receiving treatment in the office of Dr E F Cole. Dr J E Johnston, Nortonville, who had been treating the girl, and Dr C R Morton, county health officer, were quoted as saying today that the child, who had been ill nine days, died from typhus fever. Dr! Cole said that he administered treatment to the child Saturday night and that the girl was in a dying condition when brought to his office this morning. This was the Huddleston's only child. A private funeral will be conducted in Nortonville and burial will be in New Salem Cemetery, near Nortonville. The body is at the Barrett Funeral Home. • The Messenger • Madisonville, Kentucky • 11 Jun 1945, Mon • Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107914626/the-messenger/?xid=637 News-HUDDLESTON Carlotta (Death) CHILD DIES IN DOCTOR'S OFFICE • The Messenger • Madisonville, Kentucky • 11 Jun 1945, Mon • Page 1 [S5761] Find a Grave: TIGART Gertie Jenkins 1927-2008, Gertie Mae Tigart Jenkins. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31161734/gertie_mae_jenkins