On Saturday, November 4th, over one hundred people attended the Dust Bowl Days Hall of Fame Tribute Dinner.
Kay Allen said, “A Tribute to a Farmer was this year’s theme at the Sayre High School Cafeteria. “So God Made A Farmer was the theme and the evening included live music, appetizers, a steak dinner, a silent and live auction and the program. Two area farmers were inducted into the Dust Bowl Days Hall of Fame. The Jack & Sherry Damron Family Farm, operating around Delhi and The Tucker Family Farm from the Sunny Point area were inducted. Tribute videos for each family were shared with the group and appreciation was expressed for all farmers in our area who continue to live the life of a working farmer. The Dust Bowl Days Farm & Ranch Festival Planning Team would like to thank all who attended and continue to support the Dust Bowl Days and especially thank those individuals and businesses that contributed to the Silent and Live Auctions, Mike Blevins & Treva Graham, Board members, for all of their support, Kristin Seymour & the Sayre Floral for lovely arrangements, the Branbar Diner for an excellent dinner, the SHS FFA students for serving and Jessie Osborn for the entertainment.”
Tucker Family Honored Smith Thomas Tucker and Annie Mae Tucker came to the Sunny Point Community in 1912. They rented farmland until 1917 whentheypurchased160acres. Smithwasa farmer with his heart and his hands. He loved the land. He bred mules, cattle, and hogs. The farm produced cotton, wheat, and hay. Smith farmed the land with mules. They raised a family of nine children. Earl Colbern Tucker was a baby in 1917 when Smith and Annie Mae moved into the two-story house on the land that was officially deeded in 1922. Earl and his bride Melba LaVerne bought the farm in 1945. Smith moved to Sayre where he continued to be “a farmer” by raising rabbits and selling eggs.
Earl and LaVerne farmed wheat, cotton, hay, and maize. Earl purchased a Farmall M tractor in 1947. That tractor has everything a man could possibly want on a tractor. LaVerne had the privilege of driving the John Deere “B.” They expanded the farm by purchasing land adjoining the original home place. They raised three children. Tommy, Earlene, and Danny. Tommy and wife Nelda returned from OSU to join the farming operation in 1972.
