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St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, Monday, October 13, 2003: Tucker, William Durand "Bill," 78, of St. Petersburg, died Thursday (Oct. 9, 2003). He came here in 1930 from his native Ocala. He owned and ran six hotels in downtown St. Petersburg during a span of 30 years and was co-owner and manager of the Albemarle Hotel. He was a past president of the St. Petersburg Hotel and Motel Association and the Florida Hotel and Motel Association. He was an Army veteran of World War II and fought the Battle of the Bulge with the 69th Division. He was a graduate of the University of Florida and of St. Petersburg High School, where he was class president, captain of the track and football teams and state champion in the high hurdles. He was a former member of the Board of Governors of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and a board member of the AAA Auto Club South and the Squires. He attended the Pasadena Community United Methodist Church. An avid sportsman, he enjoyed boating and golf and was a member of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club and the Polywogs. Survivors include his wife, Joan Appleyard Tucker; a son, William D. Jr., Seminole; a daughter, Tena Grace Tucker, Defuniak Springs; two grandsons, William D. Tucker III, St. Petersburg, and Milton Talmadge Fogg III, Shalimar; and two granddaughters, Elisa June Tucker, Mobile, Ala., and Ashley McDaniel Fogg, Shalimar. Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute Center-Ninth Street Chapel, St. Petersburg.


Name: William D Tucker
Service Info.: ENS US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1925
Death Date: 9 Oct 2003
Cemetery: Memorial Park Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Saint Petersburg, FL 33704
Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.

Birth	20 Apr 1925	Ocala, Marion Co., Florida
Marriage	12 Feb 1949	St Francis Co., Arkansas - Van Louis McDaniel
Death	9 Oct 2003	St Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida
Residence		St Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida
Burial		Memorial Park Cemetery, St Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida

Spouse	Van Louis McDaniel (1929 - 1987)
Child	William Durand Tucker Jr. ( - )
Child	Tena Grace Tucker ( - )