Extracted from The Grenada Star (Grenada, MS)
Chester E. Tucker
CHARLESTON -- Chester Eugene ‘C.E.’ Tucker, 84, died Tuesday in Brandon.
Mr. Tucker was a farmer. He was a member of Paynes Baptist Church and the Gideons.
Mr. Tucker was also a World War II veteran.
The funeral was at 11 a.m. today at Paynes Baptist Church. Burial was in Magnolia Garden Cemetery.
Mr. Tucker was the widower of Mary Thelm[a] Tucker.
He is survived by a son, Walter Tucker of Brandon; two daughters, Thelma Jean Lutz of Mobile, Ala. and Nancy Sue Pennington of Sumner; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial may be sent to Hospice Ministries of Mississippi.
Newsom Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, August 9, 2001