Howard Tucker

Florence High School

Class of 1943

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Howard Tucker - Class of 1943 - Florence High School

First Name	Howard
Last Name	Tucker
Graduation Year	Class of 1943
Gender	Male
Current Location	Georgetown, TX
Hometown	Andice, Texas
Relationship Status	Widowed
About Me	I was born in Andice on September 27, 1925. My mother was Elizabeth (Lizzie) Tucker who operated the Andice switchboard (telephone co.) during the late 20's and into the 40's. My mother had eight boys and one girl. All the boys served in the military except one who was stillborn. I had two brothers in the Army, three of us were in the Navy, one brother in the Air Force, and one brother in the Marines. My sister Dena married a sailor who served in WW II. We were all educated in the little red school house in Andice. Andice was a wonderful place to raise a family. During the Great Depression we lived off what my mother made at the switchboard, which was located across the road from our house. We had two milk cows that we kept in an old barn located across the road from the present day post office. Each morning we would turn them out to graze the bar ditches south of town. We had a garden and raised chickens behind our house. All of the boys and my sister worked in the fields of our farmer neighbors. This provided some cash. Today my sister and I and five brothers are still living in central Texas. After a poverty-filled be...(read more)