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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 20 Jun 2007.
RULE , JAMES ROBERT "JIM" age 81, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, June 17, 2007. He was born in Louisville, KY to an East Tennessee family. Jim came to Oak Ridge, TN from Louisville with his family and worked for the U.S. government as a teen on the Manhattan Project. After serving 2 years in the U.S. Army in the Army of Occupation in Japan, he came back to work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, retiring with 44 years of service in 1989. His profession was as an optician and he served most of his career in the Health Division at ORNL. He was also well known locally as an avid ham radio operator. He was a member of the amateur radio "Rag Chewers" club and pioneered in bouncing ham radio signals off the U.S. satellite Echo I. He was preceded in death by: his parents, Rev. Stuart and Anne Tarwater Rule ; sisters, Dr. Evelyn and Mary Sue Rule and his elder brother, Walter S. Rule , Jr. Survivors include: his wife of 61 years, Virginia Rice Rule ; sons, Larry Rule and wife Connie and Bob Rule and wife Suzanne; grandchildren, Marinda and Jim Rule , Riley Rule and Hannah Rule ; nephew, David Rule and family and niece Anne Rule , nephew Ron T. Wynne of West Tennessee and uncle Roger Rule and wife Betty of Alcoa. Service 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Mynatt Funeral Home Chapel, Fountain City, Rev. Cabel Trent officiating. Family and friends will meet 9:45 a.m., Thursday, Sherwood Memorial Gardens for interment at 10:00 a.m. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City. www.mynattfh.com.
- [S87] Death Certificate.
Name Date of Death / Age County of Death County / State of Residence Marital Status Gender Race File #
RULE JAMES 06-17-2007 / 81 KNOX KNOX / TN MARRIED M WHITE 28998
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index.
Issued in Kentucky, residing in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name W Steward Rule
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 15 Dec 1917
Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth Year (Estimated) 1895
Spouse's Name Anne M Tarwater
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 20
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1897
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-30180-4964-40?cc=1619127 : accessed 11 April 2016), Sevier > Marriage registers, 1916-1921, vol 17-18 > image 150 of 634; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name James R Rule
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 12 Sep 1945
Event Place Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Virginia R Rice
Spouse's Gender Female
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