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Bruce Winston Sellars

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Bruce Winston Sellars

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19 Sep 1943 (aged 65)
Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida, USA
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South Fulton, Obion County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Bruce Sellars, 65, former Fulton resident, died Thursday night at his home in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to word received here by friends. The body was brought to Fulton Saturday night at 9:45 p.m. Funeral services were held at Walnut Grove with Rev. T. J. Felts and T. L. Perry. Burial was in the Walnut Grove cemetery with Hornbeak Funeral home in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Sellars, a Spanish-War veteran, was a former member of the Ken-Ten Camp No. 20 of Fulton. He served as commander of the Spanish War Veterans camp at Zephyr Hills. He was also mayor of Zephyrhills several years ago. Mr. Sellars has many friends here who will regret to hear of his death.

He served in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish-American War. He was with Co. K. 1st Tenn., Volunteer Infantry.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Fannie Baucom Sellars; six sons, Neal, Edward, Frank and Fletcher, all of Florida; Cpl. James Sellars, Army Air Corps, who is home from Guadalcanal recuperating from wounds received here, and Joe of Fulton, a daughter , Mrs. Roy Height of Nortonville, Ky.: five brothers, Lee of Ripley, Henry of Paducah, Rufus and Frank Sellars of here, and Rev. George Sellars of Whiteville, Tenn., two sisters, Mrs. L. Riddick of Maury City, Tenn., and Mrs. Maggie Riddick of Memphis.

The Fulton County News, Fulton, Ky., Friday, October 1, 1943, p. 8
Bruce Sellars, 65, former Fulton resident, died Thursday night at his home in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to word received here by friends. The body was brought to Fulton Saturday night at 9:45 p.m. Funeral services were held at Walnut Grove with Rev. T. J. Felts and T. L. Perry. Burial was in the Walnut Grove cemetery with Hornbeak Funeral home in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Sellars, a Spanish-War veteran, was a former member of the Ken-Ten Camp No. 20 of Fulton. He served as commander of the Spanish War Veterans camp at Zephyr Hills. He was also mayor of Zephyrhills several years ago. Mr. Sellars has many friends here who will regret to hear of his death.

He served in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish-American War. He was with Co. K. 1st Tenn., Volunteer Infantry.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Fannie Baucom Sellars; six sons, Neal, Edward, Frank and Fletcher, all of Florida; Cpl. James Sellars, Army Air Corps, who is home from Guadalcanal recuperating from wounds received here, and Joe of Fulton, a daughter , Mrs. Roy Height of Nortonville, Ky.: five brothers, Lee of Ripley, Henry of Paducah, Rufus and Frank Sellars of here, and Rev. George Sellars of Whiteville, Tenn., two sisters, Mrs. L. Riddick of Maury City, Tenn., and Mrs. Maggie Riddick of Memphis.

The Fulton County News, Fulton, Ky., Friday, October 1, 1943, p. 8

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