Mrs. Lula Smith Tucker, 81,
widow of James Tucker, died at 7:10 o'clock Wednesday morning at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. Hurdle Black at Cropper.
Mrs. Tucker was a native of Shelby County
and was held in high esteem by all who knew and loved her.
Of a pleasing personality she easily made friends.
Besides Mrs. Black, she is survived by
another daughter, Mrs. E. W. Jackson, Cropper; four sisters, Mrs.
Harry Hudson, Pleasureville; Mrs. Peter Hower and Mrs. Carrie
Burgin, Shelby; Mrs. Edna Baker, Louisville; one brother, George
Smith, Louisville; four granddaughters, Mrs. Foree Kelley, Shelby;
Mrs. Sidney Wilson, Louisville; Miss Emma Louise Jackson, Cropper;
and Miss Nellie Jackson, Louisville, and a grandson, Marvin Black,
Cropper.
Funeral services will be conducted this
morning at 11 o'clock at the Cropper Christian Church by the Rev.
Clarence Johnson, Rev. Luther Sloan and the rev. Minor
Bottom. Interment will follow in the Pleasureville
Cemetery..
Pallbearers will be Messrs. Pryor Hower,
Christie Scobee, Jack and Harry Bryant, Emmett Kitson and T. L.
Jackson.
