Irene Tucker

Irene J. Tucker, age 81, of 329 Dixie Trail, Forest City, NC, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at the Hospice House in Forest City.
Irene was born October 27, 1927 in Rutherford County to the late William Robert Jones and Myrtle Duncan Jones. She was a longtime member of The Church of the Nazarene in Forest City where she enjoyed teaching the children's Sunday School Class. She worked as a bookkeeper for Isothermal Community College for 20 years before her retirement and enjoyed reading, craftwork and bible studies.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Ruth Walker, Betty Jean Jones and Alice Jones.
Survivors include one daughter, Kathy Lindsey and her husband, Steve, of Forest City; one grandson, Keith Mitchell and his wife, Stephanie, of Ellenboro; one great grandson, Brandon Mitchell; two brothers, Frank 'Buck' James Jones of Forest City and Paul D. Jones of York, SC and several nieces and nephews.