Husband: Joseph Melvin "Mel" TUCKER (1,3)
Birthdate: July 11, 1873 (2)
Birthplace: Union, Laclede Co., MO (3)
Death date: August 04, 1959 (2)
Place of death: Caraway, Craighead Co., AR (1)
Burial: Memorial Cemetery in Monette, Craighead Co., AR (4)
Father: TUCKER, Robert H. (5,6)
Mother: SMITH, Margaret Ann (5,6)

Marriage date: Circa 1909 (3)
Marriage place: unknown

Wife: "Betty" unknown (1)
Birthdate: April 23, 1876 (2)
Birthplace: Tennessee (3)
Death date: Aug 20, 1949 (2)
Place of death: Caraway, Craighead Co., AR (1)
Burial: Memorial Cemetery in Monette, Craighead Co., AR (4)
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: TUCKER, Paul M. "Paul" (4,7)
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 08, 1910 (4,7)
Birthplace: Black Oak, Craighead Co., AR (1)
Death date: March 29, 1982 (4,7)
Place of death: AR (4)
Burial: City Cemetery of Caraway, Craighead Co., AR (4)
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: "June" (1,10)

Child No. 2: TUCKER, Dewitt "Dee" (3,10)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1913 (3)
Birthplace: Black Oak, Craighead Co., AR (1)
Death date: circa mid-late 1960's (10)
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: "Virge" (10)

Child No. 3: TUCKER, John Herbert "Herbert" (1)
Sex: M
Birthdate: January 23, 1914 (1,7)
Birthplace: Black Oak, Craighead Co., AR (1)
Death date: July 11, 1983 (1,7)
Place of death: Portland, Multnomah Co., OR (1,7)
Burial: Portland Memorial Mausoleum (8)
Marriage date: June 07, 1943 (9)
Marriage place: Oregon City, Clackamas County, OR (9)
Spouse's name: MCDONALD, Dorothy Lorraine (9)

Child No. 4: TUCKER, Harry Bruce "Bruce" (10)
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 20, 1918 (7)
Birthplace: Black Oak, Craighead Co., AR (1)
Death date: May 31, 2003 (7)
Place of death: (Last residence: Greer, SC) (7)
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: "Pat" (10)
 
 
Documentation:
(1) My father, the grandson of the subjects, and son of TUCKER, John Herbert.
(2) Photographs of the headstone for TUCKER, Betty and Mel taken in the late 1970's.
(3) Census images located through Heritage Quest.
(4) Cemetery Transcriptions by Edward G. Gerdes at www.couchgenweb.com.
(5) The McFall Journals see: Laclede County, MO.
(6) The Biography of Judge John Wesley SMITH from Goodspeed's.
(7) Social Security Death Index.
(8) Physically Proven.
(9) Original Record in possesion.
(10) Names on family photographs, and family letters of correspondence.