United States Army,
Korean Conflict,
Veteran,
Sterling Boyd Tucker was the second of seven children born to Cordus and Zelma Keith Tucker in Frazer, Kentucky on November 1st, 1933.
Sterling grew up on a farm in the Kidder community of Pulaski County, Kentucky, where his parents also owned and operated the local general store and post office. Growing up he learned the importance of hard work, discipline, and honesty which he carried with him throughout his life. He became a member of Liberty Baptist Church at an early age and was baptized in Kidder Creek. He served his country during the Korean Conflict as a Sergeant in the United States Army. Afterwards, he moved to Ohio with his family where he ventured forth into several businesses with the eagerness and enthusiasm that was a natural part of him. After retiring from the Standard Oil Company of Ohio he decided to return home to the place he loved best, back to Somerset, Kentucky where he finished out his life. Sterling departed this life peacefully at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday, October 12th, 2014 being 80 years of age, with his daughter at his side.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, James Ray Tucker, Willard Tucker, and Boyce Tucker; his parents Cordus Tucker, who departed this life on February 24th, 1958 and Zelma Tucker, who departed this life on July 28th, 1962; one grandson Jaden; and one brother-in-law, James Morrow.
Sterling was a kind, generous and self-sacrificing person who spent a huge part of his life helping others. He was very much loved and is painfully missed by his friends and family. He leaves to cherish his memories, Barbara Tucker, (his companion for twenty years) and Cedric Roy, his grandson who he raised as his own son, both from Somerset; a daughter, Beverly McMullen and granddaughter Kimberly Hahn from Vermillion, Ohio; a granddaughter, Angela and great-granddaughter Ava DiFilippo, both from Amherst, Ohio; a son Jason Tucker from Richmond, Kentucky; two sisters, Virgie Morrow from Eubank, Kentucky an Janice (and Doug) Willoughby from Lexington, Kentucky; one brother, Fred (and Audreen) Tucker from Somerset, Kentucky and Vero Beach, Florida; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
Visitations were held on Thursday, October 16th, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Southern Oaks Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held on Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of the Southern Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Ulanda Price officiating.
Burial followed in the Southern Oaks Cemetery.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF STERLING,
1 Thessalonians 4. 16-18
(King James Version)
16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Korean Conflict,
Veteran,
Sterling Boyd Tucker was the second of seven children born to Cordus and Zelma Keith Tucker in Frazer, Kentucky on November 1st, 1933.
Sterling grew up on a farm in the Kidder community of Pulaski County, Kentucky, where his parents also owned and operated the local general store and post office. Growing up he learned the importance of hard work, discipline, and honesty which he carried with him throughout his life. He became a member of Liberty Baptist Church at an early age and was baptized in Kidder Creek. He served his country during the Korean Conflict as a Sergeant in the United States Army. Afterwards, he moved to Ohio with his family where he ventured forth into several businesses with the eagerness and enthusiasm that was a natural part of him. After retiring from the Standard Oil Company of Ohio he decided to return home to the place he loved best, back to Somerset, Kentucky where he finished out his life. Sterling departed this life peacefully at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday, October 12th, 2014 being 80 years of age, with his daughter at his side.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, James Ray Tucker, Willard Tucker, and Boyce Tucker; his parents Cordus Tucker, who departed this life on February 24th, 1958 and Zelma Tucker, who departed this life on July 28th, 1962; one grandson Jaden; and one brother-in-law, James Morrow.
Sterling was a kind, generous and self-sacrificing person who spent a huge part of his life helping others. He was very much loved and is painfully missed by his friends and family. He leaves to cherish his memories, Barbara Tucker, (his companion for twenty years) and Cedric Roy, his grandson who he raised as his own son, both from Somerset; a daughter, Beverly McMullen and granddaughter Kimberly Hahn from Vermillion, Ohio; a granddaughter, Angela and great-granddaughter Ava DiFilippo, both from Amherst, Ohio; a son Jason Tucker from Richmond, Kentucky; two sisters, Virgie Morrow from Eubank, Kentucky an Janice (and Doug) Willoughby from Lexington, Kentucky; one brother, Fred (and Audreen) Tucker from Somerset, Kentucky and Vero Beach, Florida; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
Visitations were held on Thursday, October 16th, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Southern Oaks Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held on Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of the Southern Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Ulanda Price officiating.
Burial followed in the Southern Oaks Cemetery.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF STERLING,
1 Thessalonians 4. 16-18
(King James Version)
16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
United States Army,
Korean Conflict,
Veteran,
Sterling Boyd Tucker was the second of seven children born to Cordus and Zelma Keith Tucker in Frazer, Kentucky on November 1st, 1933.
Sterling grew up on a farm in the Kidder community of Pulaski County, Kentucky, where his parents also owned and operated the local general store and post office. Growing up he learned the importance of hard work, discipline, and honesty which he carried with him throughout his life. He became a member of Liberty Baptist Church at an early age and was baptized in Kidder Creek. He served his country during the Korean Conflict as a Sergeant in the United States Army. Afterwards, he moved to Ohio with his family where he ventured forth into several businesses with the eagerness and enthusiasm that was a natural part of him. After retiring from the Standard Oil Company of Ohio he decided to return home to the place he loved best, back to Somerset, Kentucky where he finished out his life. Sterling departed this life peacefully at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday, October 12th, 2014 being 80 years of age, with his daughter at his side.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, James Ray Tucker, Willard Tucker, and Boyce Tucker; his parents Cordus Tucker, who departed this life on February 24th, 1958 and Zelma Tucker, who departed this life on July 28th, 1962; one grandson Jaden; and one brother-in-law, James Morrow.
Sterling was a kind, generous and self-sacrificing person who spent a huge part of his life helping others. He was very much loved and is painfully missed by his friends and family. He leaves to cherish his memories, Barbara Tucker, (his companion for twenty years) and Cedric Roy, his grandson who he raised as his own son, both from Somerset; a daughter, Beverly McMullen and granddaughter Kimberly Hahn from Vermillion, Ohio; a granddaughter, Angela and great-granddaughter Ava DiFilippo, both from Amherst, Ohio; a son Jason Tucker from Richmond, Kentucky; two sisters, Virgie Morrow from Eubank, Kentucky an Janice (and Doug) Willoughby from Lexington, Kentucky; one brother, Fred (and Audreen) Tucker from Somerset, Kentucky and Vero Beach, Florida; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
Visitations were held on Thursday, October 16th, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Southern Oaks Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held on Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of the Southern Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Ulanda Price officiating.
Burial followed in the Southern Oaks Cemetery.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF STERLING,
1 Thessalonians 4. 16-18
(King James Version)
16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Korean Conflict,
Veteran,
Sterling Boyd Tucker was the second of seven children born to Cordus and Zelma Keith Tucker in Frazer, Kentucky on November 1st, 1933.
Sterling grew up on a farm in the Kidder community of Pulaski County, Kentucky, where his parents also owned and operated the local general store and post office. Growing up he learned the importance of hard work, discipline, and honesty which he carried with him throughout his life. He became a member of Liberty Baptist Church at an early age and was baptized in Kidder Creek. He served his country during the Korean Conflict as a Sergeant in the United States Army. Afterwards, he moved to Ohio with his family where he ventured forth into several businesses with the eagerness and enthusiasm that was a natural part of him. After retiring from the Standard Oil Company of Ohio he decided to return home to the place he loved best, back to Somerset, Kentucky where he finished out his life. Sterling departed this life peacefully at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday, October 12th, 2014 being 80 years of age, with his daughter at his side.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, James Ray Tucker, Willard Tucker, and Boyce Tucker; his parents Cordus Tucker, who departed this life on February 24th, 1958 and Zelma Tucker, who departed this life on July 28th, 1962; one grandson Jaden; and one brother-in-law, James Morrow.
Sterling was a kind, generous and self-sacrificing person who spent a huge part of his life helping others. He was very much loved and is painfully missed by his friends and family. He leaves to cherish his memories, Barbara Tucker, (his companion for twenty years) and Cedric Roy, his grandson who he raised as his own son, both from Somerset; a daughter, Beverly McMullen and granddaughter Kimberly Hahn from Vermillion, Ohio; a granddaughter, Angela and great-granddaughter Ava DiFilippo, both from Amherst, Ohio; a son Jason Tucker from Richmond, Kentucky; two sisters, Virgie Morrow from Eubank, Kentucky an Janice (and Doug) Willoughby from Lexington, Kentucky; one brother, Fred (and Audreen) Tucker from Somerset, Kentucky and Vero Beach, Florida; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
Visitations were held on Thursday, October 16th, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Southern Oaks Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held on Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of the Southern Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Ulanda Price officiating.
Burial followed in the Southern Oaks Cemetery.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF STERLING,
1 Thessalonians 4. 16-18
(King James Version)
16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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