Compton Mayor Tucker to Lie in State Today
The body of Compton Mayor Walter R. Tucker will lie in state today in the room where he spent so much time in the last nine years: the City Council chambers.
Tucker was serving his third term when he died Monday of cancer at age 66.
A memorial service will be held today from noon to 2 p.m. at the Civic Center Plaza outside the chambers. The body will lie in state from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Flags across the city will remain at half staff all week until after the 11 a.m. funeral Saturday at Eagle Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Compton. Burial will be at Angeles Abbey in Compton.
The mayor is survived by his wife, Martha; two daughters, Keta and Camille, and two sons, Walter and Kenneth. Donations may be made in the mayor’s memory to a scholarship fund created by his family. Those who wish to donate to the fund may call 285-3770.
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