Individual Details

Married Royster Milton Tucker, 13 Jan 1923, High Point, Guilford, NC. He was 19, she was 17.

Nellie is buried Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, Guilford, NC. She was born 10 Apr 1905, d. 24 Feb 1995, Member of NSDAR.

Tucker was born 2 Feb 1903, died 23 Sep 1948. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, Guilford, NC. His parents:
Elizabeth May Milton Tucker, b. 11 Oct 1879, d. 9 Sep 1968. Buried Oakwood Cemetery.
William Mann Tucker, b. 5 Jul 1876, d. 6 Mar 1941. Buried Oakwood Cemetery.

Here is a son - Royster Milton Tucker Jr. also buried at Oakwood. Born 31 May 1931, died 30 May 2008.
He was born in High Point, North Carolina, the son of the late Nell Hayden and Royster Milton Tucker. He graduated from High Point High School in 1949. In 1953, he graduated from the College of Engineering of Duke University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in electrical engineering. He went through Duke under the Naval Reserve Officer's Training program. He was chosen as a member of Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honor fraternity: of Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics honor fraternity and the Order of St. Patrick, an honorary leadership in engineering fraternity. From Duke University, Mr. Tucker went directly to the U.S. Navy as an officer in the Civil Engineering Corps. He served for two years at the United States Naval Base in Charleston, South Carolina and a year and a half at the Marine Corp Supply Center in Albany, Georgia.
He was a lifelong member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church where he served in many capacities through the years. He was a former member of the High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Furniture City American Business Club and the High Point American Business Club. He was active in the High Point Chamber of Commerce for many years and was a former director of the High Point United Way.
On February 6, 2008, Mr. Tucker retired after 53 years of service from North State Communications, where at the time of his retirement he was chairman of the board and president. He served as president of the North Carolina Telecommunications Industry Association in 1960 and was on the Board of Directors of the Association for 48 years. In 2003, he was awarded the NCTIA Distinguished Service Award. He was a former director of the United States Telecommunications Association, High Point Bank and Lexom Communications. He was a member of the High Point Rotary Club where he was named a Paul Harris Fellow. He was a Midget League Basketball Coach at the High Point YMCA for many years. He was an avid tennis player, serving as a longtime member of the tennis committee of High Point Country Club where he was instrumental in hiring the club's first full time tennis professional. He was devoted to his family, especially his son and four grandsons, as well as the employees of North State Communications.
On June 19, 1954, he married Martha Renfro Tucker (Bootsy).

Birth

1906

North Carolina

Father	Jesse Franklin Hayden (1875 - )
Mother	Velva Green (1885 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Mae Hayden (1908 - )
Sibling	Velva Hayden (1914 - 1976)
Sibling	Margaret Hayden (1917 - 1998)