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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

STERLING WOODWARD TUCKER.
    Sterling Woodward Tucker, president of the Fones Brothers Hardware Company,
a large wholesale concern of Little Rock, has thus risen to prominence in
business circles in his native city, for he was here born December 15, 1883, He
is a son of Sterling W. and Jennie (Hennegin) Tucker. The father was born in
Little Rock in 1852 and was a representative of one of the old and prominent
families here. He was general manager for some time of the Little Rock & Memphis
Railroad, now a part of the. Rock Island system. His military service covered
connection with the Quapaw Guards, an organization of the state militia, of
which he was a lieutenant. His wife was born March 22, 1861, and they were
married in Little Rock in 1882. They became parents of two sons: Sterling W. and
Henry Hennegin, who was born January 14, 1888, and is a partner of his brother
in the wholesale hardware business.

    In his youthful days Sterling W. Tucker became a public school pupil and
passing through consecutive grades was in due time graduated from the high
school as a member of the class of 1901. In the same year he initiated his
business career by entering the employ of the Fones Brothers Hardware Company, a
wholesale house. He started in a minor capacity, being assigned to a position in
the wareroom. He rose through successive promotions, becoming shipping clerk and
superintendent of the operating department, which is practically supervisor of
the whole business, on the death of D. G. Fones, the president of the company.
Mr. Tucker continued in the operating department until 1916, at which time J. J.
Mandelbaum, the new president retired. Mr. Tucker was then elected president and
treasurer and in this dual position still continues, being now the executive
head of an immense business. The company is a million dollar concern. Identified
with this business for twenty years Mr. Tucker is familiar with every phase
thereof and by reason of his sound judgment and keen discrimination he has been
able to most wisely direct the affairs of the company. He is also a director of
the Bankers Trust Company of Little Rock.

    On the 16th of June, 1909, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Tucker was married to
Miss Brydie Baker, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, January 23, 1887, and is a
graduate of the National Park Seminary at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker
are members of Christ Episcopal church and their social position is an enviable
one. Mr. Tucker belongs to the Little Rock Country Club and politically he is
connected with the democratic party. During the World war he served on all of
the bond and Red Cross drives and supported many other projects having to do
with the successful prosecution of the war. He deserves much credit for what he
has accomplished since he started out in the business world in a most humble
capacity following the completion of his public school course. Since then he has
gradually advanced by reason of his capability, close application, thoroughness
and unimpeachable integrity. Each forward step has brought him a broader outlook
and wider opportunities, and he is today one of the leading merchants of Little
Rock, controlling a million dollar concern as the president of the Fones
Brothers Hardware Company.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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