Mr. Eric Bart Baucum, 51, retired commercial radiography engineer and resident of Chasepointe Place, died Thursday, May 10, 2007 as the result of an automobile accident. A private graveside service will be held in Haynesville, Louisiana. Memorials may be made to Columbia Academy, 1101 West Seventh Street, Columbia, Tennessee 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, he was the son of the late William E. Baucum, Sr. and Bronis Whittington Baucum. He was a graduate of Murfreesboro Central High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was a member of West Seventh Street Church of Christ where he was World Bible School Coordinator. Survivors include two brothers, Bill (Paulette) Baucum of Tullahoma; Gipson Baucum, Sr. of Columbia; two nephews, Tres (Vicki) Baucum of Crossville; Gipson (Stephanie) Baucum, Jr. of Atlanta, Georgia; and three nieces, Rebecca (David) McDaniel of Tullahoma; Jennifer Baucum of Nashville; and Cherri (Alex) Walker of Henderson.