Lucille V. Tucker
Published 11:06 am Tuesday, March 8, 2011
GULFPORT — Lucille V. Tucker died Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, at Driftwood Nursing Center in Gulfport. She was 92.
Born in Madison County, she had been a resident of Vicksburg for most of her life and had lived in Gulfport for the past six years. She was a charter member of Woodlawn Baptist Church of Vicksburg.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Tucker Sr.; two sons, Edward Tucker Jr. and George Tucker; a daughter, Billie Tucker; and two brothers and two sisters.
She is survived by a daughter, Emma Ruth Whitney of Lima, Ohio; two sons, Jimmie Tucker of Gulfport and John Tucker of Houstonville, Ky.; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Glenwood Funeral Home in Vicksburg with the Rev. Gene Jacks officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery in Vicksburg. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Wednesday until the service.