Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: [Juanita Tucker] helped start the community paper,

Christmas Bell Ringer, and was its editor for many years. She also wrote a column about Christmas that ran in the Orlando Sentinel.

A poet and artist, she painted the baptistery at the Fort Christmas Baptist Church and has even been credited with helping bring electricity and dial telephones to Christmas.

from Orlando Sentinel: Juanita Tucker, 101, was longtime postmaster and booster of Christmas

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