Preston Phillip Tucker

Preston Phillip Tucker -MACON, GA - Funeral services for Preston Phillip Tucker, age 83, will be Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 11A.M. in the chapel of Crest Lawn Funeral Home with interment to immediately follow in New Elim Baptist Church Cemetery. The Reverend Rod Callahan will officiate. -Mr. Tucker was a lifelong resident of Macon and proudly served his country during World War II in the Army. He received many honors and awards, including a Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon and three Bronze Service Stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon and two Bronze Service Stars, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal and American Theatre Ribbon. He was retired from Stokes-Shaheen Produce Company, which was his life's love. Mr. Tucker was of the Baptist faith and was a loving grandfather. -Mr. Tucker is survived by daughter-in-law LaWanda Tucker; grandchildren, Zack Tucker, Jake Tucker, Sydney Tucker and Whitney Tucker; brother, Edgar Tucker; and sisters, Peggy Campbell, Zita Bates and Ernestine Sullivan. Mr. Tucker is preceded in death by his son Phillip D. Tucker and brother George Tucker. -The family requests that memorials be made to lngleside Baptist Church Children's Ministries, 834 Wimbish Road, Macon, Georgia 31210 or the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, 304 Pierce Avenue, Macon, Georgia 31204. -Crest Lawn Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Preston Tucker