Eleanor Tucker

TUCKER, MRS. ELEANOR (JONES), LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, PASSED AWAY ON JULY 30, 2001 AT ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. SHE WAS FORMERLY OF EAST POINT, GEORGIA AND COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. ELEANOR WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, JEPTHA BROWN JONES AND ELEANOR (ROSE) JONES OF COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA; HUSBAND, MR. BROADUS NARDIN TUCKER (B.N. TUCKER) WHO DIED DECEMBER 15, 1963; AND SISTER, MRS. MAY (JONES) BEARD, ALSO OF COLLEGE PARK. SHE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM THE ATLANTA BUSINESS COLLEGE AND USED THOSE SKILLS TO BECOME AN EXPERT SECRETARY. WHEN SHE WAS IN HER TWENTIES, SHE WORKED AT FORT MCPHERSON MILITARY BASE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA (THIRD ARMY HEADQUARTERS) AND WAS SECRETARY TO TWO OF THE COMMANDING GENERALS AT THAT TIME. SHE LATER SERVED AS THE SECRETARY TO THE EAST POINT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN EAST POINT, GEORGIA. WHEN HER HUSBAND OPENED HIS REAL ESTATE OFFICE, SHE JOINED HIM IN THE REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE FIELD WHERE SHE HELD A REAL ESTATE LICENSE. HIS BUSINESS WAS KNOWN AS TUCKER REALTY COMPANY AND TUCKER INSURANCE AGENCY. HER HOBBY WAS ART AND PAINTING PICTURES, WHICH SHE ENJOYED SHARING WITH OTHERS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, ELEANOR ROSE (TUCKER) WILSON AND DANIEL R. WILSON OF KNOXVILLE; GRANDSON AND WIFE, ROBERT D. (BOB) AND ANGIE (DOZIER) WILSON AND THEIR DAUGHTER, GRACE LENETTE WILSON OF KNOXVILLE; GRANDSON AND WIFE, STEVEN R. (STEVE) AND HEATHER (TAYLOR) WILSON OF MARIETTA, GEORGIA; GRANDDAUGHTER, ELIZABETH NARDIN (BETH) WILSON OF KNOXVILLE. GRAVESIDE SERVICE 1 P.M. FRIDAY AT COLLEGE PARK CEMETERY IN COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA. REV. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THEIR CONVENIENCE THURSDAY AT THE LYNNHURST-GREENWOOD CHAPEL OF BERRY FUNERAL HOME, 2300 W. ADAIR DRIVE