Obit for Tucker,James Howard (t260) - Oklahoma County OK

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James Howard Tucker

CLARENDON - James Howard Tucker, 75, died Sunday, July 11, 1999.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Robertson Funeral Directors Chapel 
of Memories with John Early, Christian Science Reader from Amarillo, and 
Dale Hoggatt, pastor of First Christian Church in Clarendon, officiating. 
Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery.

Mr. Tucker was born in Oklahoma City and lived in Dumas prior to moving to 
Clarendon 34 years ago. During World War II, he served in the Army Air 
Corps then served in the Army during the Korean War and was awarded a 
Purple Heart.

In 1985, Mr. Tucker retired after 34 years of teaching, including 21 years 
at Clarendon College. He was a member of Clarendon Veterans of Foreign 
Wars Post No. 7782, Donley County Senior Citizens Association, president 
of the Lost Cord Club of Amarillo and past president of the Donley County 
Genealogy Society. He was a member of the Mother Church of Christ 
Scientist in Boston.

He married Frieda Zybach in 1950 at Canadian.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Leanne Tucker Howell of Clarendon; 
two sons, Brian James Tucker of Amarillo and John Carl Tucker of 
Abernathy; and two grandsons.

Amarillo Globe News 13 Jul 1999
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