Atkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Tucker, Jacob Pearlie "J.P." September 23, 1963 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 February 17, 2011, 6:28 pm Ocilla Star - September 26, 1963 Ocilla Star, September 26, 1963 Rites Wednesday for J. P. Tucker Final rites were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, September 25, 1963 for Jacob Pearlie Tucker, 55, at St. Luke Baptist Church. Interment was in Rowe Cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased. Mr. Tucker passed away Monday, September 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Irwin County Hospital, Ocilla, GA. The deceased was the son of Elonzo and Mary Paulk Tucker and was born May 20, 1908. He was a member of St. Luke Baptist Church in Alapaha and was caretaker of Brushy Creek Church near his home on Rt. 2, Ocilla, GA. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ella Mae Jowers Tuckers, Ocilla; six sons: Eulas Tucker, Douglas, GA, Burnell Tucker, Brunsick, Winston Tucker, Ocilla, Sherrill Tucker, Ambrose, Jack Tucker, Ocilla and Emory Tucker, U.S. Navy, Jacksonville, FL; seven sisters; Mrs. M. J. Spicer, Mrs. Tom Douglas, Mrs. George Handley, Mrs. Arthur Metts, all of Ocilla; Mrs. Ludie Hunter, Wray, Mrs. Waldo Myers and Mrs. Charles Royal, both of Rt. 4, Fitzgerald, GA. Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/atkinson/obits/t/tucker1754nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb