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The following obituary appears in the December, 1936 issue of American Rifleman magazine.
James T. Skelly, vice president and director, Hercules Powder Company, died in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday, October 31, 1936. He was one of the best known men in the explosives-consuming industries, not only because of his 44 years of service, but because of his great capacity for making friends. Mr. Skelly was born in Nashville, Tennessee, February 23,1877, and started his commercial career in 1892 as office boy for the Nashville branch of the Old Laflin and Rand Powder Company, advancing to assistant to the general manager of sales. With the purchase by the DuPont Company in 1903, Mr. Skelly took charge of Laflin and Rand sales and then was placed in charge of the DuPont Sporting Powder Division. On January 1,1913, he resigned to assume the position of vice president in charge of sales of Hercules Powder Company, which position he filled until his death. The loss of Mr. Skelly will be keenly felt throughout the entire industry.
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