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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE TUCKER FAMILY ON THE PASSING OF

WOODROW W. TUCKER

     Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: March 28, 2017

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Woodrow W. Tucker passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2017. He was

the beloved husband of Marjorie (Jones) Tucker for sixty-seven years; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Tucker was born in South Kingstown, a son of the late Percy H. and

Annie R. Tucker. He was educated at South Kingstown High School and Northeastern School of

Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1950. He was the co-owner and President of South County

Real Estate Title Insurance Co. for many years before his retirement in 1992; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Tucker was a highly respected and esteemed member of the South

Kingstown community and served the town in numerous capacities, including as the 1st Probate

Judge, Town Moderator and Union Fire District Solicitor. He practiced as an attorney for fifty

years and served on the Executive Committee of the Rhode Island Bar Association. He also

served as President of the Washington County Bar Association, Pettaquamscut Credit Union,

Patrons Fire Insurance Company, and Phi Gamma Pi Fraternity, served as a Board member for

the Rhode Island State Grange Credit Union and Farmers and Traders Life Insurance, and was a

Paul Harris Fellow of the Wakefield Rotary Club; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Tucker loved everything about South County, especially its natural

beauty, abundant sea shore, and its agriculture. He had a special affinity for the Grange, where he

was fondly known as "Woody" and was regularly sought after for his legal expertise, grange

knowledge, and common sense advice. He was a past master of the Perryville Grange, the

Washington County Pomona and the Rhode Island State Grange. At the National level of the

Grange, he held the offices of Gatekeeper and Executive Committee member before being elected

High Priest of Demeter in 1981, a position he held for fourteen years; and

     WHEREAS, Besides his wife Marjorie, Mr. Tucker leaves behind his son, Keith B.

Tucker, and his four daughters, Pamela L. Sawin and her husband, Craig, Kimberly J. Smith and

her husband, John, Christine D. Tucker and her husband, Brian McDonnell, and Suzanne E.

Tucker. He also leaves behind his six grandchildren, Jennifer Witham, Christopher Sawin,

Christina and Meghan Smith, and Hannah and Sarah McDonnell; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby expresses its condolences to the Tucker Family on the passing of Woodrow W. Tucker;

and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be hereby is authorized and directed to transmit

a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Marjorie Tucker and Family.

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