Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker of Autumn Drive, Campbellsville, son of the late Joseph Emory Tucker and Alice Wright Tucker was born July 3, 1933 in Pike County, Kentucky. He died at 9:35 P.M., Thursday, April 7, 2005 in Campbellsville. Age 71He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served his country honorably in the United States Army. He was a retired plating supervisor at Parker Kalon. He united in marriage to Trudy Allen November 22, 1962.Besides his wife, Trudy Tucker of Autumn Drive Campbellsville he is survived by three daughters and three sons and spouses: Teresa and Buzz Christy of Baltimore, Ohio, Patty and Alex Risser of Chesapeake, Virginia, Michele and Harvey Dickens and Allen and Marie Tucker of Campbellsville, Steven and Mona Tucker and Brian Tucker of Elizabethtown; eleven grandchildren: Ben Christy of Ohio, A. J. Risser and Kim Risser of Virginia, Rachel Tucker of Connecticut, Sarah Dickens, Danielle Dickens, Somer Goff, and Kayla Sinclair of Campbellsville, Nate Tucker, Emily Tucker, and Cody Tucker of Elizabethtown; two brothers and one sister: Hobert Tucker and his wife Karen of Scottsdale, Arizona, Charles Tucker of Redding, California and Dorothy Upshaw of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.He was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Allison Victoria Dickens on March 8, 1998, two brothers and one sister: Truman Tucker, Junior Tucker and Dixie Byrd. FUNERAL SERVICES:11:00 A.M., Monday, April 11, 2005 at the Parrott and Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. James E. Jones BURIAL: Lebanon National Cemetery PALLBEARERS: Kevin Cave, Ben Christy, Harvey Dickens, Chuck McIntyre, Alex Risser, Hobert TuckerFamily requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Hospice of Central Kentucky.
