Biography of William D Tucker, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Among the outstanding young me of the county who have taken to farming and
livestock raising with an enthusiastic and intelligent approach is William D.
Tucker of Forrest City. He is the manager and co-owner of the Twin View Ranch,
located 5 miles north of Forrest City, raising cotton and breeding Polled
Herford cattle with partner John C. Bowen, Jr. Mr. Tucker was born at Ocala,
Florida, the son of Durand A. and Grace (Bullard) Tucker, now of St. Petersburg,
Fla. After graduation from St. Peterburg, Fla., High School, he received a B. S.
Degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 1949, but
first served two years and ten months in World War II. On July 1, 1943, he
joined the U. S. Army as a private and was assigned to the 69th Infantry
Division. He spent two and a half years in the European Theatre and received two
battle stars and the meritorious unit award for action in the Rhine and Central
Germany campaigns before his honorable discharge as sergeant, on April 15, 1946.
He is now a commissioned Ensign in the Supply Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve. On
Feb. 12, 1949, he married Miss Van Louis McDaniel, the beautiful daughter of
Mrs. Montine McDaniel and the late Louis McDaniel of Forrest City. She will
always be remembered as Miss Arkansas, 1948. The Tuckers have one son, and they
are members of the Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church. Mr. Tucker who was
associated in the hotel business in St. Petersburg, before coming to Forrest
City in April 1951. He belongs to the Arkansas Polled Hereford Association,
Forrest City Country Club, and the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas