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• Christy Rooke was born in Rockport, Aransas County, Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico.
  
  Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
  Fannie Christine Rooke
  Birth 16 Feb 1932 Rockport, Aransas, Texas
  Father C C Rooke born Texas, age 34
  Mother Bessie Clinton born Texas, age 22
  Mother Residence Rockport
  Filed 10 March 1932, Filed State 6 April 1932
  
  Christy and her two brothers were enumerated in the 1940 census, living with their divorced mother in their grandfather Clinton's household in Rockport.  She is enumerated under her first name Fannie.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Aransas County, Texas, 9 May, Rockport Precinct 2, District 4-4, page 5A, Liberty St, Hse #88, Owns $100
  Clinton, Jimmie Head M W 48 Married Grade 7 b Texas same place in 1935 No Occup stated [b abt 1892]
  [other Clinton family members listed here]
  Rooke, Bessie daughter F W 30 Divorced H1 b Texas same place in 1935 Seamstress, PWA Sewing Room [b abt 1910]
  Rooke, Fannie granddau F W 8 Grade 2 b Texas same place in 1935 [b abt 1932]
  Rooke, Chris Jr grandson M W 6 Grade 1 b Texas same place in 1935 [b abt 1934]
  Rooke, James grandson M W 5 Grade 0 b Texas same place in 1935 [b abt 1935]
  
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  Christy Rooke Tucker
  Birth Feb. 16, 1932 Rockport, Aransas County, Texas
  Death Aug. 5, 1975 Vilonia, Faulkner County, Arkansas
  
  Mrs. Fannie Christy Tucker, 43, of Vilonia died Tuesday (Aug. 5, 1975) at her home after an extended illness. She was the wife of Raymond Frank Tucker.
  She was born Feb. 16, 1932 in Rockport, Tex., a daughter of Mrs. Bessie C. Jones and the late Christopher Rooke. Her marriage occurred March 7, 1953.
  She was a member of Mt. Carmel Free Will Baptist Church.
  
  Other sunrivors include two sons, Ray and Dan Tucker, both of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Linda Matchett of Albany, Ore., and Mrs. Beverly Sutterfield of Conway; her mother, Mrs. Bessie C. Jones of Watauga, Tenn.; two brothers, Chris Rooke of Clinton, Miss., and James Rooke of Watauga, Tenn., and one grandchild.
  
  Funeral services were conducted Aug. 7 at Mt. Carmel Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Chester Weir and the Rev. Jesse Pratt. Burial was at Cypress Valley in Vilonia.
  
  Pallbearers were Carl Jackson, Charlie Jackson, Carlin Fulmer, Ray Spruiell, Ralph Tucker and Frankie Estes.
  
  Log Cabin Democrat, Conway, Arkansas
  
  Spouse Raymond Frank Tucker (1930 - 1997)
  
  Burial Cypress Valley Cemetery, Faulkner County, Arkansas
  
  Created by Ervin Mize Jan 14, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial# 46663799, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46663799
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #46663799, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46663799
• 2. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 3. 1940 Federal Census, Aransas County, Texas
  • 9 May, Rockport Precinct 2, District 4-4, page 5A, Liberty St, Hse #88, Owns $100
• 4. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Amarillo, Texas, City Directory, 1957