Individual Details

Birth

Also listed as October 30, 1870

Death

Midland – Mrs. Cora Electa Tucker, age 98, died Wednesday night, Feb. 14, 1968 in a Monroe convalescent home. Born Oct, 30, 1869 in Cabarrus County, she was the daughter of the late M. M. Furr and Abigail Barbee Furr. Her husband was the late Hiram Thomas Tucker. She was a member of Bethel Methodist Church and a retired school teacher. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Hartsell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Earl Hartsell, with burial in the Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery. Surviving are three sons, Hugh Tucker of Midland, Ward Tucker of Chester, S. C., Edgar M. Tucker of Columbia, S. C.; three daughters, Mrs. Atha Barrino of Arlington, Va., Mrs. Abbie Brooks of Spencer, N. C., Mrs. D. P. Miller of Durham, N. C.; two sisters, Miss Daisy Furr, Miss Bessie Furr, both of Midland; four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Worth Green, Marvin Widenhouse, Bill Widenhouse, Baker Brooks, William Furr and Will Misenheimer. The body will remain at the funeral home.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, February 16, 1968