Guy L. Tucker Jr.

Published 11:31 am Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Guy L. Tucker Jr. died Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at River Regional Medical Center. He was 88.

Mr. Tucker was born in Union and lived most of his life in Vicksburg. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia, served in World War II as a Navy pilot and was retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Vicksburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Guy Sr. and Emma Tucker and a son, Guy Tucker III.

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Survivors include his wife, Lois Bernette Vance Tucker of Vicksburg; his daughter, Deborah Livingston of Plano, Texas; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Glenwood Funeral Home with Dr. Matt Buckles officiating. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. Friday in the family plot at the Union Cemetery in Union. Visitation will be Friday from 9:30 a.m. until the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.