Killian Efird Mr. Tucker

POLKTON - Mr. Killian Efird Tucker, 94, died Friday, April 17, 2015 at Meadowview Terrace Assisted Living in Wadesboro. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Peachland United Methodist Church with Rev. Angel Christ officiating. Interment will follow in Griffin Cemetery in Polkton. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service on Sunday at the church. Killian was born October 25, 1920 in Anson County, NC a son of the late William Brady Tucker and the late Odie Wright Tucker. He was retired from the Seaboard Coastline Railroad as a Conductor with 30 years of service and was a veteran of the United States Army having served during World War II. He was also a devoted member of Peachland United Methodist Church. Surviving are his brother and sister, Ed Tucker of Polkton and Louise Anderson of Boone; and his nieces and nephews and their families. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Newton Tucker, and brothers and sisters, Jim Tucker, Charles Tucker, Christine Lane and Faire Bell Gaddy. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Peachland United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 330, Peachland, NC 28133 or to Meadowview Terrace Assisted Living Activity Department, 123 Anson High School Rd., Wadesboro, NC 28170. The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.leavittfuneralhomewadesboro.com