George Tucker Jr.

ANNA, Ill. -- George R. Tucker Jr., 64, of Carbondale, Ill., formerly of Anna, died Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.

He was born June 12, 1937, in Winchester, Tenn., son of George R. and Mary Marie Campbell Tucker. He and Mary Lou Brasel were married Jan. 27, 1977, in Anna.

Tucker was a welder many years at Transcraft.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Pam Newman of Buncombe, Ill., Jan Cook, Patsy Pearl and Linda Conner, all of Anna; two sons, William Fox of Anna, Robert Fox of Dongola, Ill.; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

He was preceded in death by three grandchildren.

Friends may call at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill., from 6 to 8 p.m. today.

There will be no funeral. Burial will be at a later date at Franklin Memorial Gardens near Winchester.