Jerry Newton Tucker

SERVICES: 4:00 PM Friday, September 19, 2008, at Central Baptist Church, with Rev. Norman Rushing, pastor, officiating.BURIAL: Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Military honors are courtesy U. S. Army, Fort Hood, Texas, and Masonic rites are courtesy of Pampa Masonic Lodge #966 AF & AM. BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Tucker was born May 10, 1918 in Wellington. He attended Wheeler schools, graduating from Wheeler High School. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving during World War II. He had been a resident of Pampa since 1969. Jerry worked in various industries; he managed several cotton gins, he worked in the oil and gas business, and he worked for Ingersol-Rand, retiring in the early 1980's. He was a member of Central Baptist Church and the Wheeler Masonic Lodge #1099 AF & AM. SURVIVORS: 3 sons: Jerry Tucker of Guymon, Oklahoma, Bill Tucker of Montgomery, and James Tucker of Gillette, Wyoming; 2 daughters: Mary Dell Donaldson of Dallas, and Judy Gay Wesson of Wilmington, North Carolina; 1 sister: Erma Riley of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 8 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren; and special friend: Ruth Sims. He was preceded in death by a sister, Ruth Reid. MEMORIALS: Pampa Masonic Lodge #966 AF & AM.