06/04/2020
Robert (Bob) Gene Tucker, loving husband and father of six children, passed away in Timpson, TX at age 79 on Wednesday, April 8, 2020.
A memorial service will be held at 2pm on June 13, 2020 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 4417 CR 4054, Timpson, Texas 75975. To RSVP call Gail Tucker at 936-554-9691 or 936-254-2788. Click here for map to the church.
Bob was preceded in death by parents Hazel Sr. and Bertie Mae Tucker, brothers Perry, Louis, Dan, Hazel and sister Carol.
He is survived by Wife Virginia Gail (Cox)Tucker, of Timpson, TX.
Son, Don Tucker and wife Sharon of Mineola, TX.
Son, Chris Tucker of Mt. Enterprise, TX.
Daughter, Kelly Shanahan and husband Mike of Jacksonville, NC.
Son, Rusty Sanford and wife Melanie of Timpson, TX.
Son, Howie Sanford of Timpson, TX.
Son, Steven Tucker of Douglass, TX.
Sister Isabel Belangia of Manning, SC., Sister-in-law Sheila Tucker of Mathews, NC., Brother-in-law Carl Fritts of Concord, NC.
10 grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, numerous nephews and nieces
(dogs Gaby and Roxy)
Bob was born on March 9, 1941 in Raleigh, NC to Hazel and Bertie Mae Tucker. On January 30, 1980, he married Virginia Gail (Cox)Tucker. They each brought three children into this family unison.
Bob grew up in the masonry and brick business. Bob came from a big family of brick masons. He was the baby of his bunch. He quickly took lead on the refractory work around the country and even on foreign soils. The “Tucker boys” were known to be the ones to call around the country. He built brick kilns or kilns of any type.
He loved to fish. Saltwater fishing was something he loved to do but he also loved to bass fish and would fish bass tournaments throughout the year. “Always in search of the BIG ONE”.
He liked to scratch lottery tickets, also “in search of the BIG ONE.”
He also loved to work in his shop. The problems of the world were settled in that shop. He could fix anything, from metal work to brick, motor rebuilds and bodywork to things as simple as birdhouses. He loved it all but most of all he loved the fellowship we all shared there.
