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Madison County TN Obituaries - B -   J.T. BUCK
who died suddenly on February 3, 1959 following a heart attack was a prominent minister and leader in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He had served as pastor, board executive, board member, and home missionary. The attack came while he was sitting on the stage of the Greeneville High School (Greene Co. TN) ready to give a talk to six hundred students. He was pastor of the Cedar Hill church where he had served for two years. He was planning to retire soon and move to his home at Jackson, Tenn (Madison Co). He was born in the nearby Maple Springs community 66 years ago.
Funeral services were held at the Cedar Hill church by Dr. Turner N. Clinard of Greeneville, assisted by Rev. B. F. Guinn, and at the First Cumberland Presbyterian church in Jackson, Tenn., with Rev. O. T. Arnett in charge, assisted by Rev. H. Glenn Finley. A large congregation of friends, including thirty five ministers and church leaders attended the Jackson service. His survivors include his wife, the former Martha Verner Giles, two sons, and three daughters; Rev. Clinton Buck and Mrs. E.C. Baird of McKenzie, Tenn., Mrs. Olivia Fesmire, Mrs.Velora Watson, and J. T. Buck, Jr., of Jackson. Three brothers, L.H., Charles, and G. C. Buck, and one sister, Mrs. Fannie Caveness. There were thirteen grandchildren. He had held pastorates at Birmingham, Columbus, Miss., New London, Iowa, Ramer, Tenn., Brunswick, Tenn., and Auburn, Ky. He had served as home missionary of West Tennessee Synod and for two years was executive secretary of the denomination's Board of Missions and Evangelism. At the 1958 General Assembly in Birmingham he was honored as Rural Minister of the Year. For a number of years he was a member of the denomination's old Board of Publication.
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