The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pearson-Treadwell Funeral Home in Blackshear with the Revs. Richard Jeffers and Larry Hughes officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Waycross.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Surviving are his wife, Florris Leverett Tucker of Blackshear; two daughters, Dona Cox-Cosgrove of St. Marys, and DeLon Warner of Nahunta; one son, Tommy Tucker of Brunswick; one step-daughter, Sheila Shaw of Valdosta; one step-son, Sammy Thompson of Waycross; two brothers, Dick Tucker and Lonnie Tucker, both of Zephyrhills, Fla.; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Mr. Tucker was a native of Dade County, Fla., and lived in Blackshear for the past 27 years. He was a hairstylist, winning international awards, and was retired from the Department of Transportation. He was a verteran of the U.S. Army who served during World War II, and who was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Europe-Africa ME Campaign, the American Campaign, the Army Commendation Medal and the Rifle Marksman.
Census:
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Elton R Tucker
Home in 1930: Wesley Chapel, Pasco Co, Florida
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1925
Relation to Head of House: Son
Parent's Name: Sarah E Tucker (age 40, Illinois)
Race: White
Florida State Census, 1867-1945
Name: Elton Tucker
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Florida
Est. Birth Year: abt 1925
Relationship to Head: Son
Mother's name: Sarah Tucker (age 45, Fla.)
Census Year: 1935
Locality: Precinct 7
County: Pasco
Page: 5
Line: 9
Archive Series #: S5, Roll 23
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Father: James B. TUCKER (b:c1870 FL)
Mother: Sarah E. HUMPHRIES (b:c1890 IL)
Married: 05 May 1910 in Hillsborough Co, FL
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pearson-Treadwell Funeral Home in Blackshear with the Revs. Richard Jeffers and Larry Hughes officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Waycross.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Surviving are his wife, Florris Leverett Tucker of Blackshear; two daughters, Dona Cox-Cosgrove of St. Marys, and DeLon Warner of Nahunta; one son, Tommy Tucker of Brunswick; one step-daughter, Sheila Shaw of Valdosta; one step-son, Sammy Thompson of Waycross; two brothers, Dick Tucker and Lonnie Tucker, both of Zephyrhills, Fla.; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Mr. Tucker was a native of Dade County, Fla., and lived in Blackshear for the past 27 years. He was a hairstylist, winning international awards, and was retired from the Department of Transportation. He was a verteran of the U.S. Army who served during World War II, and who was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Europe-Africa ME Campaign, the American Campaign, the Army Commendation Medal and the Rifle Marksman.
Census:
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Elton R Tucker
Home in 1930: Wesley Chapel, Pasco Co, Florida
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1925
Relation to Head of House: Son
Parent's Name: Sarah E Tucker (age 40, Illinois)
Race: White
Florida State Census, 1867-1945
Name: Elton Tucker
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Florida
Est. Birth Year: abt 1925
Relationship to Head: Son
Mother's name: Sarah Tucker (age 45, Fla.)
Census Year: 1935
Locality: Precinct 7
County: Pasco
Page: 5
Line: 9
Archive Series #: S5, Roll 23
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Father: James B. TUCKER (b:c1870 FL)
Mother: Sarah E. HUMPHRIES (b:c1890 IL)
Married: 05 May 1910 in Hillsborough Co, FL
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