The son of James W. and Ida (Jowers) Tucker, Jack Ira Tucker was born April 13, 1905 in Pensacola Florida. He lived in this southern state near the Georgia county line throughout childhood, before eventually relocating to Detroit to work as a barber. Before he met his wife, Jack at some point started telling everyone he was three years younger than he actually was. In the 1920s and early 30s he would live and work in Detroit, traveling back to Florida only during the winter and working at the fancy Windsor Hotel where rich people would stay on their way down to Miami and places further south for the winter. In the spring, he'd travel back to Detroit and live there with his brother Wallace and his wife, Hattie. There, he worked in a downtown Detroit hotel that is believed to have been the Book Cadillac Hotel on Washington Blvd. The story goes he'd travel back and forth like this until he saved enough money to buy himself his own barbershop, on Mack Avenue near Garland in Detroit. That was the first location and when the city started becoming less safe through the years, he moved Tucker's Barber Shop farther from downtown at 14512 Mack Avenue. He eventually sold that in July 1977 before his only daughter Judi got married.
Aside from that, Jack Tucker had served in World War II, stationed in Germany and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944-January 1945. He became a Freemason in 1949 and was a member of the Friendship-Lincoln Lodge No. 417 in Detroit, and he was also a member of the Mack Avenue Businessman's Club – along with his brother in law, Earl LaFaive.
He married Marjorie Rider October 29, 1952 in Angola, Indiana, in front of a justice of the peace just over the state line likely after finding out they were pregnant with their daughter. They lived in Detroit on Garland and then Evanston near Harper before moving to the house in St. Clair Shores that he died at in January 1984 and that Judi would ultimately own.
Bio provided by grandson, Michael.
Aside from that, Jack Tucker had served in World War II, stationed in Germany and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944-January 1945. He became a Freemason in 1949 and was a member of the Friendship-Lincoln Lodge No. 417 in Detroit, and he was also a member of the Mack Avenue Businessman's Club – along with his brother in law, Earl LaFaive.
He married Marjorie Rider October 29, 1952 in Angola, Indiana, in front of a justice of the peace just over the state line likely after finding out they were pregnant with their daughter. They lived in Detroit on Garland and then Evanston near Harper before moving to the house in St. Clair Shores that he died at in January 1984 and that Judi would ultimately own.
Bio provided by grandson, Michael.
The son of James W. and Ida (Jowers) Tucker, Jack Ira Tucker was born April 13, 1905 in Pensacola Florida. He lived in this southern state near the Georgia county line throughout childhood, before eventually relocating to Detroit to work as a barber. Before he met his wife, Jack at some point started telling everyone he was three years younger than he actually was. In the 1920s and early 30s he would live and work in Detroit, traveling back to Florida only during the winter and working at the fancy Windsor Hotel where rich people would stay on their way down to Miami and places further south for the winter. In the spring, he'd travel back to Detroit and live there with his brother Wallace and his wife, Hattie. There, he worked in a downtown Detroit hotel that is believed to have been the Book Cadillac Hotel on Washington Blvd. The story goes he'd travel back and forth like this until he saved enough money to buy himself his own barbershop, on Mack Avenue near Garland in Detroit. That was the first location and when the city started becoming less safe through the years, he moved Tucker's Barber Shop farther from downtown at 14512 Mack Avenue. He eventually sold that in July 1977 before his only daughter Judi got married.
Aside from that, Jack Tucker had served in World War II, stationed in Germany and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944-January 1945. He became a Freemason in 1949 and was a member of the Friendship-Lincoln Lodge No. 417 in Detroit, and he was also a member of the Mack Avenue Businessman's Club – along with his brother in law, Earl LaFaive.
He married Marjorie Rider October 29, 1952 in Angola, Indiana, in front of a justice of the peace just over the state line likely after finding out they were pregnant with their daughter. They lived in Detroit on Garland and then Evanston near Harper before moving to the house in St. Clair Shores that he died at in January 1984 and that Judi would ultimately own.
Bio provided by grandson, Michael.
Aside from that, Jack Tucker had served in World War II, stationed in Germany and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944-January 1945. He became a Freemason in 1949 and was a member of the Friendship-Lincoln Lodge No. 417 in Detroit, and he was also a member of the Mack Avenue Businessman's Club – along with his brother in law, Earl LaFaive.
He married Marjorie Rider October 29, 1952 in Angola, Indiana, in front of a justice of the peace just over the state line likely after finding out they were pregnant with their daughter. They lived in Detroit on Garland and then Evanston near Harper before moving to the house in St. Clair Shores that he died at in January 1984 and that Judi would ultimately own.
Bio provided by grandson, Michael.
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