The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-18
HIS SHORT AND SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS CAREER
STRETCHED.
HON )Rs TO Be PAID TO HIS MEMORY
The Flag from the Tome Of the Union Passen-
ger Depot at Portsmouth lowered 70
haf Mast. S. A. [ 0ficia's
10 Attend funeral.

Ruffin Tucker will be held from Christ
church at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and
will be conducted by Rev. NJ. NJ. Mar
SHALL ID. D., rector.
The deep sympathy of the city goes
out alike to the heart-broken mother, to
whom he was ever all that Il son could
be, and to his five surviving sisters
Mrs. James Boylan Mrs. John III.
Winder, Mrs. Edward H. Fellows, Mrs.
W. II. Williamson and Miss Minnie
Fitch Tucker.
A deep and genuine regret pervaded
the whole city yesterday morning when
the people read in the News and OBJ
server that this successful and high
minded business man had passed away
on Monday night. Mr. Tucker had lived
all the years of his short life in Raleigh,
and was popular as boy and man. He
was born in Raleigh, March LIST, 1866.
The only son of one of the most success
full and public-spirited citizens in Raj
eigh, the late Maj r. S. Tucker, his
life has always been spent among friends
of position and standing.
After he had completed a preparatory
course in the MOrson and benson school
in this city, Mr. Tucker entered the
University, from which he graduated in
1887. AS Il student he was very popu-
lar with his comrades and won the re-
spect of all at the University. After
graduation, Mr.. Tucker went to the
Bryant & StrattOn college. from which
he graduated in 1888. Returning to
Raleigh, he soon became member
of the Graystone Granite Company, and
for several years was engaged in that
business and in constructing railroads,
and was very successful.
In January, 1890, Mr.. Tucker was
married to Miss Gertrude Winder,
daughter of the late Maj. John G. Win
der, and it was an ideal marriage. The
happy couple had grown up from child
hood as lovers and their marriage, so
auspiciously begun, was zone grand,
sweet song" In her great bereavement,
the young widow has the tender SYM
pathy of wide circle of friends. Three
children survive-Master Rufus, aged
nine years, Marie, aged six, and Ger
trude, aged four.
Upon the death of his father in 1894,
Mr. Tucker took charge of his large
business interests and managed them
with consummate ability, displaying a
capacity that gave him position among
the best business men in the State His
latest undertaking was the erection OF
the Tucker building, the handsome five
story brick building now going up on
the corner of Fayetteville and Martin
streets. 1t viii be Raleigh's handsomest
business block, and in planning it Mr..
Tucker showed his faith in Raleigh S
future. In it's conception Mr.. Tucker
looked ahead as far rs his father did
when he erected the large and commodi-
Gus Tucker store after the war. 1t will
stand as a monument to his progress and
sagacity.
Mr. Tucker was connected with many
of the chief business enterprises of the
city. He was Il director of the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad, the II. d G., G. G.
q N, and the A. & n. c. r. r.. the
National Bank of Raleigh, the Raleigh
Electric Company, the Raleigh Water
Company, the n. G.. Car Company; was
member of the North Carolina Agri-
cultural Society and Secretary and
Treasurer of the Graystone Granite and
Construction Company. Besides as the
dtlINe iidEdScT Oh HIS IdIUeT estate, lie
had great interests in his hands which
he managed so successfully as to win
admiration from the business com
munity.
Mr.. Tucker was a member of the
Knights of Pythias and the Capitol
Club, and until his health gave way was
leading spirit in the social life of the
city.
When, some years ago the premoni-
tons of consumption warned him that
his days were numbered, Mr.. Tucker
spent some time travelling in Europe
Florida and in Colorado, residing for a
year in Denver, Col. Returning to Raj
eigh, he took up his business. feeling
that he could not do otherwise, and
though in failing health he still strug
gled bravely on, battling for health
against odds that could not be overcome
He had fine business perceptions, an in
tuitive knowledge of men and Their
character, and that business sagacity
for which the family has been Ions
noted He was his mothers stay and