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Guard Killed Trying To Foil Area Robberyknew my dad as “TM,” He was alwaysfm9“Witnesses told us that the man got into his car. The car was found by state and city police in the area of Fourth’ Avenue and Bream Street in Charleston. There was blood in the car. The gun was also recovered. -. -Markham said'state police and city police are also working on the case and that Prosecuting Atty. Larry Winter was also at the scene of the robbery.Tucker and his brothers, Henry of Charleston and Carmel of Cinco, owned and operated C.T. H. Security Inc. The business had been in operation since last June.* * *THEO TUCKER RAD BEEN on duty at the Fas Chek in Malden for almost two hours when he was shot, iThe victim’s son, Ronnie, said late Sunday that his father probably wouldn’t have been killed if he-hadn’t tried -to give therobber a chance. .....* • • •“You just had to know dad to understand how he was. He was the kind of guy that wanted to give everybody .a .chance. He told the guy to drop his gun. If he hadn’t done that, then he might hot have been killed.“Everyone around Campbells Creekhelping people. He did plumbing and carpentry and was a master at both. And to think’he died for 1162.*’ ;Mr, Tucker was a native of Cinco, dock ■ employe of Smith Transfer Co. for. 17 years, member of the Moose, Marine veteran of World War II, member of the Per-ry.ville Baptist Church at Cinco. _'* * aALSO SURVIVING: wife, Catherine Keller Tucker; sons, Guy and Theo A. Jr., of Charleston, Ronnie of Marmet; daughters. Mrs. Mary Thomas of Charleston, Mrs. Barbara Strieker of Alexandria. Va.. Miss Pamela and Miss Kim Tucker, both at home; mother, Mrs. Della Tucker of Charleston; brothers, Maywood Tucker. Clifford Tucker, Henry Tucker, all of Charleston, Carmel of Cinco, Roscoe of Ravenna. Ohio, Beryl of Belle; sisters, Mrs. Isabelle Allman and Mrs. Sarah King of Charleston; nine grandchildren. ..Service will be 2 p.m..Tuesday in Spring-fork Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul .Skaggs and the Rev. Johnnie Paxton officiating. Burial will be in Belcher Cemetery. Cinco. „.Frieiids may call after 6 p.m. today in Stevens-Grass Funeral Home, Malden, The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service.
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Mon, Jan 19, 1976
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