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Owner of Tatum Oil Co. 1954-1966-retail oil, gas, and butane/propane sa
le s. Sold out to Northern Natural Gas Co. shortly before death(9/65).
Father of Alan Clinton Tatum(b.7/3/46) and Mark Eliott Tatum (b.6/13/50).
Avid reader,card player, electronics kit builder, hunter, and photograph
er (b/w,
color, still and moving pictures. J.C. had a private pilot, multi-eng
in e, instrument, and commercial rating. He had approx. 2000 hrs. flyi
ng ti me at the time of death in crash of Piper Comanche N5519P on 11/15/
66 on S trumberg Ranch near Sanderson,Tx. returning from deer hunting en r
oute fr om San Antonio to Pecos.
More About JOHN CLINTON TATUM:
Cause of Death: Airplane crash the plane burned.65
Fact 1: 1939, Miles High School valedictorian66,67
Fact 2: October 20, 1941, Married Esta Marie Cluck68,69
Fact 3: December 1941, Drafted into the Marine Corp.69
Fact 4: December 1941, Tech.Sgt.12/41 to 7/1/46 taught Norden mb69
Fact 5: bomb sight and radar at Ward Island,69
Fact 6: Corpus Christi,Tx69
Fact 7: 1946, Partner of Roy Warner in Tri-State Oil Co./69
Fact 8: Texas Distributors,Austin,Tx. Traveled by car69
Fact 9: 70-to 90,000 by car per year.69
Fact 10: 1950, Learned to fly on GI Bill.-69