OBITUARIES of William Henry Tucker, collected in the Columbus Enquirer on the days following his death.
[First is from an unknown newspaper, possibly Columbus Enquirer, circa February 25, 1927 -- possibly the main obituary of the Enquirer, or a reprint of the obituary from the Russell (AL) Register]
-----[first section lost -- obit continued]----
"please one or many when the association is infrequent. But when months and years pass in closest daily contact, then the true measure of the man is revealed with immutable accuracy. And so to his associates the name of W. H. Tucker stands for an over-flowing measure of loyalty, courage and dependability.
Loyal, courageous and dependable he was, and unequivocating. In the editorials he wrote he did not automatically echo his paper's policy. The spirit of tolerance dwelt in his soul and his heart blazed with a passion for justice.
Strong in him, too, were the sentiments of friendliness and kindness. And those editors of the state who had never met him sensed these qualities. So the press of Georgia -- and, of Alabama, for that matter -- will miss him and mourn his loss only a little less keenly than his immediate newspaper circle.
It was the blend of many fine qualities that drew to W. H. Tucker the affection and friendship of others. It was those qualities which made his "Home Brew" column so popular. He gave it a flavor that was distinctive, and made it so completely his own that it can be no longer anything but a name. And so with his passing, "Home Brew" will remain only a memory -- an inadequate tribute, but one which is paid with a heart full of gratitude for his helpful frankness and incomparable loyalty."
------
[Following are obituaries from around the state as they appeared reprinted in the Columbus Enquirer in the days following his death]
William H. Tucker
(Columbus Ledger.)
The journalistic profession suffers a decided loss in the death of Mr. William Tucker, associate editor of the Enquirer-Sun, former member of the Ledger staff and well kown[sic] and highly est emed[sic] citizen.
A native of Alabama and for years and years associated with Mr. W. H. Chadwick in publishing the Russell Register at Seale. Mr. Tucker was prominently identified in the journalistic field in two States. He has been connected with local newspapers near thirty years.
Mr. Tucker was a gifted writer and his contributions to the local press were conservative, entertaining and constructive, a genuine credit to the profession. He will be sadly missed in ranks of the Fourth Estate.
The Ledger desires to join with the Enquirer-Sun, and the hundreds of friends of the deceased, in extending a word of condolence to members of the bereaved family.
----------
W. H. TUCKER
A COURAGEOUS EDITOR
(from Macon Telegraph)
In the death of W. H. Tucker, associate editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, one of the oldest newspapers men in the state, both in age and in point of service, passed. He had been connected with the Enquirer-Sun for more than twenty-five years and passed with that paper through all the vicissitudes of changes in management and more or less meager support. In all those years, he remained intensely loyal to the Enquirer-Sun with only that loyalty that is possible to the "old timers," who fret and fume and grouch at and sometimes swear at, but intensely love the newspapers upon which they work. He became so much a part of the Enquirer-Sun that he was almost indispensable to any management.
Cub reporters who passed under his tutelage, among them the managing editor of this paper and Nunnally Johnson, who contributes frequently to the Saturday Evening Post and Will Goodson who records the activities of the Tennessee Legislature and scores of others who have gone out to other fields, testify to the gentility and the kindness of "Old Man" Tucker, as he was affectionately called. Getting out a newspaper was to him no child's play and he was sometimes impatient with the young colts who wanted to scamper about other pastures, but his very impatience was the love he lavished upon every "blooming cub" who came under him. No matter how far they might wander from Columbus, "Old Man" Tucker kept up with them and sent them cheering messages from time to time.
Mr. Tucker knew, perhaps, more men, women and children in western Georgia and eastern Alabama, where he was reared and where he conducted a newspaper in his young days, than any other persons in that part of the State. In early mornings, when news was dull and time heavy, he regaled the younger members of the staff with stories of the heroes and near-heroes, including the leading gamblers and drinkers of that section of the countr. There is no education quite like that of the young reporter who sits at the feet of the "old timer" and listens to the tales of the "good old days." Mr. Tucker decorated his stories with that humor which frequently flashed in the "Home Brew" column in the Enquirer-Sun.
Once, when a Columbus gambler cut an Enquirer-Sun reporter's throat for publishing a story of his arrest, Mr. Tucker printed a more elaborate story and put it in a more conspicuous position than the first and sent word to the gambler that he was responsible.
----------------------------
ADIEU, OLD FRIEND
(Wm. Sutlive in Savannah Press)
This morning we picked up the Columbus Enquirer-Sun and as is our custom sought the "Home Brew" Column of W. H. Tucker on the editorial page of that paper. And at the top of the column of Wednesday's paper we found this:
Due to a touch of the flu, the con-
---[section at bottom of first page and top of next page lost]---
er scroll of life. His death removes one whose cheerfulness and happy disposition made him a great favorite among those who knew him well. He was a frequent visitor to Savannah and his friends here were many. The news of his death will come to them as it did to us -- as a shock and deep sorrow.
-----------------
WILLIAM H. TUCKER
(From Rome News-Tribune)
Georgia journalists were saddened yesterday morning when Associated Press wires brought the news of the death of William H. Tucker, associate editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun. There was no better known editor in the state than "Bill" [sic] Tucker.
Editor Tucker has been a by-word in journalistic circles for many years. For over a quarter of a century he was connected with the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, during ownership by C. I. Groover, Justice Price Bilbert and the present company headed by Julian Harris, famous son of the author of "Uncle Remus."
Will Tucker wrote with a brilliant pen. His column "Home Brew" was copied throughout the state, while his editorials were clear, direct and illuminating. While associate editor of the Columbus paper, Mr. Tucker found time for other writing and many articles from his pen have appeared in periodicals and other publications.
Of a genial disposition, he had many friends. Quiet and quick witted his company was sought by many who will sorely miss him in death. The Enquirer-Sun's loss is shared by the press of the state. The Great Editor has written "thirty," to his copy, but his work will ever remain a green memory.
---------------------------
W. H. Tucker
(From LaGrange Reporter)
There is sadness today in the newspaper offices of Georgia and Alabama, and the reading public of those two states will learn with deep sorrow that golden-hearted W. H. Tucker, associate editor and Home Brew Column conductor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, has passed into the Great Beyond.
A man possessed of deep sympathy, a quaint philosophy, overflowing good humor and a deep love for humanity--such was W. H. Tucker.
Paragraphers who experienced no greater delight than that of drawing the fire of "Old Man" Tucker, as they affectionately knew him, will do him homage with many a secret tear, as they turn out copy knowing full well that never again shall his stimulating influence prod them on to write clever paragraphs with the hope of receiving his spicy criticism for their effort.
To those who knew him best from long association and to his family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
------------
DEATH OF EDITOR TUCKER
(From Montgomery Advertiser.)
William H. Tucker, associate editor of The Enquirer-Sun and owner of the Russell Register at Seale, Ala., who died of pneumonia yesterday, was an honored journalist, particularly among newspaper men. Mr. Tucker was broadly informed and wrote entertainingly and forcefully. He was an editor of sound ideals and will be missed.
-------------------
[First is from an unknown newspaper, possibly Columbus Enquirer, circa February 25, 1927 -- possibly the main obituary of the Enquirer, or a reprint of the obituary from the Russell (AL) Register]
-----[first section lost -- obit continued]----
"please one or many when the association is infrequent. But when months and years pass in closest daily contact, then the true measure of the man is revealed with immutable accuracy. And so to his associates the name of W. H. Tucker stands for an over-flowing measure of loyalty, courage and dependability.
Loyal, courageous and dependable he was, and unequivocating. In the editorials he wrote he did not automatically echo his paper's policy. The spirit of tolerance dwelt in his soul and his heart blazed with a passion for justice.
Strong in him, too, were the sentiments of friendliness and kindness. And those editors of the state who had never met him sensed these qualities. So the press of Georgia -- and, of Alabama, for that matter -- will miss him and mourn his loss only a little less keenly than his immediate newspaper circle.
It was the blend of many fine qualities that drew to W. H. Tucker the affection and friendship of others. It was those qualities which made his "Home Brew" column so popular. He gave it a flavor that was distinctive, and made it so completely his own that it can be no longer anything but a name. And so with his passing, "Home Brew" will remain only a memory -- an inadequate tribute, but one which is paid with a heart full of gratitude for his helpful frankness and incomparable loyalty."
------
[Following are obituaries from around the state as they appeared reprinted in the Columbus Enquirer in the days following his death]
William H. Tucker
(Columbus Ledger.)
The journalistic profession suffers a decided loss in the death of Mr. William Tucker, associate editor of the Enquirer-Sun, former member of the Ledger staff and well kown[sic] and highly est emed[sic] citizen.
A native of Alabama and for years and years associated with Mr. W. H. Chadwick in publishing the Russell Register at Seale. Mr. Tucker was prominently identified in the journalistic field in two States. He has been connected with local newspapers near thirty years.
Mr. Tucker was a gifted writer and his contributions to the local press were conservative, entertaining and constructive, a genuine credit to the profession. He will be sadly missed in ranks of the Fourth Estate.
The Ledger desires to join with the Enquirer-Sun, and the hundreds of friends of the deceased, in extending a word of condolence to members of the bereaved family.
----------
W. H. TUCKER
A COURAGEOUS EDITOR
(from Macon Telegraph)
In the death of W. H. Tucker, associate editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, one of the oldest newspapers men in the state, both in age and in point of service, passed. He had been connected with the Enquirer-Sun for more than twenty-five years and passed with that paper through all the vicissitudes of changes in management and more or less meager support. In all those years, he remained intensely loyal to the Enquirer-Sun with only that loyalty that is possible to the "old timers," who fret and fume and grouch at and sometimes swear at, but intensely love the newspapers upon which they work. He became so much a part of the Enquirer-Sun that he was almost indispensable to any management.
Cub reporters who passed under his tutelage, among them the managing editor of this paper and Nunnally Johnson, who contributes frequently to the Saturday Evening Post and Will Goodson who records the activities of the Tennessee Legislature and scores of others who have gone out to other fields, testify to the gentility and the kindness of "Old Man" Tucker, as he was affectionately called. Getting out a newspaper was to him no child's play and he was sometimes impatient with the young colts who wanted to scamper about other pastures, but his very impatience was the love he lavished upon every "blooming cub" who came under him. No matter how far they might wander from Columbus, "Old Man" Tucker kept up with them and sent them cheering messages from time to time.
Mr. Tucker knew, perhaps, more men, women and children in western Georgia and eastern Alabama, where he was reared and where he conducted a newspaper in his young days, than any other persons in that part of the State. In early mornings, when news was dull and time heavy, he regaled the younger members of the staff with stories of the heroes and near-heroes, including the leading gamblers and drinkers of that section of the countr. There is no education quite like that of the young reporter who sits at the feet of the "old timer" and listens to the tales of the "good old days." Mr. Tucker decorated his stories with that humor which frequently flashed in the "Home Brew" column in the Enquirer-Sun.
Once, when a Columbus gambler cut an Enquirer-Sun reporter's throat for publishing a story of his arrest, Mr. Tucker printed a more elaborate story and put it in a more conspicuous position than the first and sent word to the gambler that he was responsible.
----------------------------
ADIEU, OLD FRIEND
(Wm. Sutlive in Savannah Press)
This morning we picked up the Columbus Enquirer-Sun and as is our custom sought the "Home Brew" Column of W. H. Tucker on the editorial page of that paper. And at the top of the column of Wednesday's paper we found this:
Due to a touch of the flu, the con-
---[section at bottom of first page and top of next page lost]---
er scroll of life. His death removes one whose cheerfulness and happy disposition made him a great favorite among those who knew him well. He was a frequent visitor to Savannah and his friends here were many. The news of his death will come to them as it did to us -- as a shock and deep sorrow.
-----------------
WILLIAM H. TUCKER
(From Rome News-Tribune)
Georgia journalists were saddened yesterday morning when Associated Press wires brought the news of the death of William H. Tucker, associate editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun. There was no better known editor in the state than "Bill" [sic] Tucker.
Editor Tucker has been a by-word in journalistic circles for many years. For over a quarter of a century he was connected with the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, during ownership by C. I. Groover, Justice Price Bilbert and the present company headed by Julian Harris, famous son of the author of "Uncle Remus."
Will Tucker wrote with a brilliant pen. His column "Home Brew" was copied throughout the state, while his editorials were clear, direct and illuminating. While associate editor of the Columbus paper, Mr. Tucker found time for other writing and many articles from his pen have appeared in periodicals and other publications.
Of a genial disposition, he had many friends. Quiet and quick witted his company was sought by many who will sorely miss him in death. The Enquirer-Sun's loss is shared by the press of the state. The Great Editor has written "thirty," to his copy, but his work will ever remain a green memory.
---------------------------
W. H. Tucker
(From LaGrange Reporter)
There is sadness today in the newspaper offices of Georgia and Alabama, and the reading public of those two states will learn with deep sorrow that golden-hearted W. H. Tucker, associate editor and Home Brew Column conductor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, has passed into the Great Beyond.
A man possessed of deep sympathy, a quaint philosophy, overflowing good humor and a deep love for humanity--such was W. H. Tucker.
Paragraphers who experienced no greater delight than that of drawing the fire of "Old Man" Tucker, as they affectionately knew him, will do him homage with many a secret tear, as they turn out copy knowing full well that never again shall his stimulating influence prod them on to write clever paragraphs with the hope of receiving his spicy criticism for their effort.
To those who knew him best from long association and to his family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
------------
DEATH OF EDITOR TUCKER
(From Montgomery Advertiser.)
William H. Tucker, associate editor of The Enquirer-Sun and owner of the Russell Register at Seale, Ala., who died of pneumonia yesterday, was an honored journalist, particularly among newspaper men. Mr. Tucker was broadly informed and wrote entertainingly and forcefully. He was an editor of sound ideals and will be missed.
-------------------
OBITUARIES of William Henry Tucker, collected in the Columbus Enquirer on the days following his death.
[First is from an unknown newspaper, possibly Columbus Enquirer, circa February 25, 1927 -- possibly the main obituary of the Enquirer, or a reprint of the obituary from the Russell (AL) Register]
-----[first section lost -- obit continued]----
"please one or many when the association is infrequent. But when months and years pass in closest daily contact, then the true measure of the man is revealed with immutable accuracy. And so to his associates the name of W. H. Tucker stands for an over-flowing measure of loyalty, courage and dependability.
Loyal, courageous and dependable he was, and unequivocating. In the editorials he wrote he did not automatically echo his paper's policy. The spirit of tolerance dwelt in his soul and his heart blazed with a passion for justice.
Strong in him, too, were the sentiments of friendliness and kindness. And those editors of the state who had never met him sensed these qualities. So the press of Georgia -- and, of Alabama, for that matter -- will miss him and mourn his loss only a little less keenly than his immediate newspaper circle.
It was the blend of many fine qualities that drew to W. H. Tucker the affection and friendship of others. It was those qualities which made his "Home Brew" column so popular. He gave it a flavor that was distinctive, and made it so completely his own that it can be no longer anything but a name. And so with his passing, "Home Brew" will remain only a memory -- an inadequate tribute, but one which is paid with a heart full of gratitude for his helpful frankness and incomparable loyalty."
------
[Following are obituaries from around the state as they appeared reprinted in the Columbus Enquirer in the days following his death]
William H. Tucker
(Columbus Ledger.)
The journalistic profession suffers a decided loss in the death of Mr. William Tucker, associate editor of the Enquirer-Sun, former member of the Ledger staff and well kown[sic] and highly est emed[sic] citizen.
A native of Alabama and for years and years associated with Mr. W. H. Chadwick in publishing the Russell Register at Seale. Mr. Tucker was prominently identified in the journalistic field in two States. He has been connected with local newspapers near thirty years.
Mr. Tucker was a gifted writer and his contributions to the local press were conservative, entertaining and constructive, a genuine credit to the profession. He will be sadly missed in ranks of the Fourth Estate.
The Ledger desires to join with the Enquirer-Sun, and the hundreds of friends of the deceased, in extending a word of condolence to members of the bereaved family.
----------
W. H. TUCKER
A COURAGEOUS EDITOR
(from Macon Telegraph)
In the death of W. H. Tucker, associate editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, one of the oldest newspapers men in the state, both in age and in point of service, passed. He had been connected with the Enquirer-Sun for more than twenty-five years and passed with that paper through all the vicissitudes of changes in management and more or less meager support. In all those years, he remained intensely loyal to the Enquirer-Sun with only that loyalty that is possible to the "old timers," who fret and fume and grouch at and sometimes swear at, but intensely love the newspapers upon which they work. He became so much a part of the Enquirer-Sun that he was almost indispensable to any management.
Cub reporters who passed under his tutelage, among them the managing editor of this paper and Nunnally Johnson, who contributes frequently to the Saturday Evening Post and Will Goodson who records the activities of the Tennessee Legislature and scores of others who have gone out to other fields, testify to the gentility and the kindness of "Old Man" Tucker, as he was affectionately called. Getting out a newspaper was to him no child's play and he was sometimes impatient with the young colts who wanted to scamper about other pastures, but his very impatience was the love he lavished upon every "blooming cub" who came under him. No matter how far they might wander from Columbus, "Old Man" Tucker kept up with them and sent them cheering messages from time to time.
Mr. Tucker knew, perhaps, more men, women and children in western Georgia and eastern Alabama, where he was reared and where he conducted a newspaper in his young days, than any other persons in that part of the State. In early mornings, when news was dull and time heavy, he regaled the younger members of the staff with stories of the heroes and near-heroes, including the leading gamblers and drinkers of that section of the countr. There is no education quite like that of the young reporter who sits at the feet of the "old timer" and listens to the tales of the "good old days." Mr. Tucker decorated his stories with that humor which frequently flashed in the "Home Brew" column in the Enquirer-Sun.
Once, when a Columbus gambler cut an Enquirer-Sun reporter's throat for publishing a story of his arrest, Mr. Tucker printed a more elaborate story and put it in a more conspicuous position than the first and sent word to the gambler that he was responsible.
----------------------------
ADIEU, OLD FRIEND
(Wm. Sutlive in Savannah Press)
This morning we picked up the Columbus Enquirer-Sun and as is our custom sought the "Home Brew" Column of W. H. Tucker on the editorial page of that paper. And at the top of the column of Wednesday's paper we found this:
Due to a touch of the flu, the con-
---[section at bottom of first page and top of next page lost]---
er scroll of life. His death removes one whose cheerfulness and happy disposition made him a great favorite among those who knew him well. He was a frequent visitor to Savannah and his friends here were many. The news of his death will come to them as it did to us -- as a shock and deep sorrow.
-----------------
WILLIAM H. TUCKER
(From Rome News-Tribune)
Georgia journalists were saddened yesterday morning when Associated Press wires brought the news of the death of William H. Tucker, associate editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun. There was no better known editor in the state than "Bill" [sic] Tucker.
Editor Tucker has been a by-word in journalistic circles for many years. For over a quarter of a century he was connected with the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, during ownership by C. I. Groover, Justice Price Bilbert and the present company headed by Julian Harris, famous son of the author of "Uncle Remus."
Will Tucker wrote with a brilliant pen. His column "Home Brew" was copied throughout the state, while his editorials were clear, direct and illuminating. While associate editor of the Columbus paper, Mr. Tucker found time for other writing and many articles from his pen have appeared in periodicals and other publications.
Of a genial disposition, he had many friends. Quiet and quick witted his company was sought by many who will sorely miss him in death. The Enquirer-Sun's loss is shared by the press of the state. The Great Editor has written "thirty," to his copy, but his work will ever remain a green memory.
---------------------------
W. H. Tucker
(From LaGrange Reporter)
There is sadness today in the newspaper offices of Georgia and Alabama, and the reading public of those two states will learn with deep sorrow that golden-hearted W. H. Tucker, associate editor and Home Brew Column conductor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, has passed into the Great Beyond.
A man possessed of deep sympathy, a quaint philosophy, overflowing good humor and a deep love for humanity--such was W. H. Tucker.
Paragraphers who experienced no greater delight than that of drawing the fire of "Old Man" Tucker, as they affectionately knew him, will do him homage with many a secret tear, as they turn out copy knowing full well that never again shall his stimulating influence prod them on to write clever paragraphs with the hope of receiving his spicy criticism for their effort.
To those who knew him best from long association and to his family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
------------
DEATH OF EDITOR TUCKER
(From Montgomery Advertiser.)
William H. Tucker, associate editor of The Enquirer-Sun and owner of the Russell Register at Seale, Ala., who died of pneumonia yesterday, was an honored journalist, particularly among newspaper men. Mr. Tucker was broadly informed and wrote entertainingly and forcefully. He was an editor of sound ideals and will be missed.
-------------------
[First is from an unknown newspaper, possibly Columbus Enquirer, circa February 25, 1927 -- possibly the main obituary of the Enquirer, or a reprint of the obituary from the Russell (AL) Register]
-----[first section lost -- obit continued]----
"please one or many when the association is infrequent. But when months and years pass in closest daily contact, then the true measure of the man is revealed with immutable accuracy. And so to his associates the name of W. H. Tucker stands for an over-flowing measure of loyalty, courage and dependability.
Loyal, courageous and dependable he was, and unequivocating. In the editorials he wrote he did not automatically echo his paper's policy. The spirit of tolerance dwelt in his soul and his heart blazed with a passion for justice.
Strong in him, too, were the sentiments of friendliness and kindness. And those editors of the state who had never met him sensed these qualities. So the press of Georgia -- and, of Alabama, for that matter -- will miss him and mourn his loss only a little less keenly than his immediate newspaper circle.
It was the blend of many fine qualities that drew to W. H. Tucker the affection and friendship of others. It was those qualities which made his "Home Brew" column so popular. He gave it a flavor that was distinctive, and made it so completely his own that it can be no longer anything but a name. And so with his passing, "Home Brew" will remain only a memory -- an inadequate tribute, but one which is paid with a heart full of gratitude for his helpful frankness and incomparable loyalty."
------
[Following are obituaries from around the state as they appeared reprinted in the Columbus Enquirer in the days following his death]
William H. Tucker
(Columbus Ledger.)
The journalistic profession suffers a decided loss in the death of Mr. William Tucker, associate editor of the Enquirer-Sun, former member of the Ledger staff and well kown[sic] and highly est emed[sic] citizen.
A native of Alabama and for years and years associated with Mr. W. H. Chadwick in publishing the Russell Register at Seale. Mr. Tucker was prominently identified in the journalistic field in two States. He has been connected with local newspapers near thirty years.
Mr. Tucker was a gifted writer and his contributions to the local press were conservative, entertaining and constructive, a genuine credit to the profession. He will be sadly missed in ranks of the Fourth Estate.
The Ledger desires to join with the Enquirer-Sun, and the hundreds of friends of the deceased, in extending a word of condolence to members of the bereaved family.
----------
W. H. TUCKER
A COURAGEOUS EDITOR
(from Macon Telegraph)
In the death of W. H. Tucker, associate editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, one of the oldest newspapers men in the state, both in age and in point of service, passed. He had been connected with the Enquirer-Sun for more than twenty-five years and passed with that paper through all the vicissitudes of changes in management and more or less meager support. In all those years, he remained intensely loyal to the Enquirer-Sun with only that loyalty that is possible to the "old timers," who fret and fume and grouch at and sometimes swear at, but intensely love the newspapers upon which they work. He became so much a part of the Enquirer-Sun that he was almost indispensable to any management.
Cub reporters who passed under his tutelage, among them the managing editor of this paper and Nunnally Johnson, who contributes frequently to the Saturday Evening Post and Will Goodson who records the activities of the Tennessee Legislature and scores of others who have gone out to other fields, testify to the gentility and the kindness of "Old Man" Tucker, as he was affectionately called. Getting out a newspaper was to him no child's play and he was sometimes impatient with the young colts who wanted to scamper about other pastures, but his very impatience was the love he lavished upon every "blooming cub" who came under him. No matter how far they might wander from Columbus, "Old Man" Tucker kept up with them and sent them cheering messages from time to time.
Mr. Tucker knew, perhaps, more men, women and children in western Georgia and eastern Alabama, where he was reared and where he conducted a newspaper in his young days, than any other persons in that part of the State. In early mornings, when news was dull and time heavy, he regaled the younger members of the staff with stories of the heroes and near-heroes, including the leading gamblers and drinkers of that section of the countr. There is no education quite like that of the young reporter who sits at the feet of the "old timer" and listens to the tales of the "good old days." Mr. Tucker decorated his stories with that humor which frequently flashed in the "Home Brew" column in the Enquirer-Sun.
Once, when a Columbus gambler cut an Enquirer-Sun reporter's throat for publishing a story of his arrest, Mr. Tucker printed a more elaborate story and put it in a more conspicuous position than the first and sent word to the gambler that he was responsible.
----------------------------
ADIEU, OLD FRIEND
(Wm. Sutlive in Savannah Press)
This morning we picked up the Columbus Enquirer-Sun and as is our custom sought the "Home Brew" Column of W. H. Tucker on the editorial page of that paper. And at the top of the column of Wednesday's paper we found this:
Due to a touch of the flu, the con-
---[section at bottom of first page and top of next page lost]---
er scroll of life. His death removes one whose cheerfulness and happy disposition made him a great favorite among those who knew him well. He was a frequent visitor to Savannah and his friends here were many. The news of his death will come to them as it did to us -- as a shock and deep sorrow.
-----------------
WILLIAM H. TUCKER
(From Rome News-Tribune)
Georgia journalists were saddened yesterday morning when Associated Press wires brought the news of the death of William H. Tucker, associate editor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun. There was no better known editor in the state than "Bill" [sic] Tucker.
Editor Tucker has been a by-word in journalistic circles for many years. For over a quarter of a century he was connected with the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, during ownership by C. I. Groover, Justice Price Bilbert and the present company headed by Julian Harris, famous son of the author of "Uncle Remus."
Will Tucker wrote with a brilliant pen. His column "Home Brew" was copied throughout the state, while his editorials were clear, direct and illuminating. While associate editor of the Columbus paper, Mr. Tucker found time for other writing and many articles from his pen have appeared in periodicals and other publications.
Of a genial disposition, he had many friends. Quiet and quick witted his company was sought by many who will sorely miss him in death. The Enquirer-Sun's loss is shared by the press of the state. The Great Editor has written "thirty," to his copy, but his work will ever remain a green memory.
---------------------------
W. H. Tucker
(From LaGrange Reporter)
There is sadness today in the newspaper offices of Georgia and Alabama, and the reading public of those two states will learn with deep sorrow that golden-hearted W. H. Tucker, associate editor and Home Brew Column conductor of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, has passed into the Great Beyond.
A man possessed of deep sympathy, a quaint philosophy, overflowing good humor and a deep love for humanity--such was W. H. Tucker.
Paragraphers who experienced no greater delight than that of drawing the fire of "Old Man" Tucker, as they affectionately knew him, will do him homage with many a secret tear, as they turn out copy knowing full well that never again shall his stimulating influence prod them on to write clever paragraphs with the hope of receiving his spicy criticism for their effort.
To those who knew him best from long association and to his family we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
------------
DEATH OF EDITOR TUCKER
(From Montgomery Advertiser.)
William H. Tucker, associate editor of The Enquirer-Sun and owner of the Russell Register at Seale, Ala., who died of pneumonia yesterday, was an honored journalist, particularly among newspaper men. Mr. Tucker was broadly informed and wrote entertainingly and forcefully. He was an editor of sound ideals and will be missed.
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