Masel Weeks Tucker was at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital when she went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Masel was born November 16, 1917 in Doucette, Texas to George William Weeks and Nora Cassandra Fortenberry Weeks. Her family moved every few years throughout the Tyler County area until she married Ernest T. Tucker in 1939 and moved to Beaumont where she was a homemaker taking care of her three children. They lived in Beaumont until Ernest retired ion 1975 when they moved to Jasper. They lived there for three years then returned to Woodville, their hometown. They were in Woodville a year when Ernest died July 3, 1979. Masel remained in Woodville until 1982 when she moved back to Beaumont to be closer to her daughter. She lived at Baten Arms Apartment for twenty-one years and had many dear friends there. Masel was living at Village Creek Nursing Center in Lumberton at the time of her death. Many many thanks to the nurses and aides at Village Creek Nursing Center who took such good care of her.
Masel was a Christian and loved the Lord. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church for many years and later a member of Pine Burr Baptist Church.
Masel was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest T. Tucker; son, Larry Ernest Tucker; sister, Audie Anderson; and brother, Clinton Weeks.
Survivors include her son, Gerald Tucker and his wife, Barbara of Arlington; daughter, Wanda LaFleur and her husband Ken of Lumberton; brother, Clayton Weeks of Beaumont; sisters, Lois Davis of Beaumont, Estaline Nixon of Mesquite and Nelda Poole pf Cleburne; grandchildren, Tim Tucker of Anchorage, Alaska, Cody Tucker of Los Angeles, California Paul Tucker, Reagan Tucker and Rebecca Udes all of Arlington; great grandchildren, Lauren and Meagan Tucker of Los Angeles, California; and many special nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 2, 2009 at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. A graveside service will be 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon at Campground Cemetery in Woodville. A gathering of family and friends will be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 1, 2009 at the Mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 3195 Calder, Suite 200, Beaumont, Texas 77702.
