Robert Emmet Tatum 
Robert Emmet was born on July 29th, 1900 in Cooper, Delta Co., Texas.1 Robert Emmet's father was Robert Pikney Tatum and his mother is Emma Eudora Stanford. His paternal grandparents were Daniel Webster Tatum and Rachel Potts; his maternal grandparents are Thomas Stanford and Rachel Newman. He had three brothers and six sisters, named Henry Ester, Lee Roy, Son, Lottie May, Florence Ethel, Irene, Alma Lorine, Wilma and Essie Jewell. He had a half-brother named Henry. He died at the age of 90 on January 25th, 1991 in Gainesville, Texas.1 General Notes
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Robert Emmett Tatum, 90 of Truelove, Gainsville died Wednesday in Gainsv
il le Memorial Hospital. He was born July 29, 1900, in Delta County to M
r. a nd Mrs. Robert P. Tatum. He married Ollie Rose Strickland Dec. 24, 1
91 9, in Gainsville. the couple had been married 71 years at the ti
me of h er death Jan. 17, 1991. Mr. Tatum was a farmer and member of Harv
ey Stre et Baptist Church.
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