Troup Banner, Troup TX; December 5, 1929
ROBERT RUCKER DIES AT HOME OF PARENTS

Robert Rucker, 15 years old, died Wednesday at 12:50 a.m. at the home of his parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Rucker, in Troup, after an illness of two weeks, believed due to 
malarial typhoid.

He was a student in the tenth grade of Troup High School and a member of the school 
football team, a popular youth among his school companions and other friends in Troup.

Funeral services Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock were conducted at the First Methodist 
Church at Troup by the pastor, The Rev. J.D.F. Houck, with interment in Rucker Cemetery.

Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Donald and Glen Rucker, both of 
Troup; his grandmother, Mrs. M.E. Ward, and many other relatives living in and near Troup.