David F. Tucker Jr.

David F. Tucker Jr.

David F. Tucker Jr.

July 12, 2020

Date of Service: July 16, 2020

Interment Location:  Crown Section

 

David F. Tucker, Jr., 97, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday July 12, 2020 in the Hillview Health Center. Born June 27, 1923 in West Jefferson, North Carolina to the late David F. Tucker, Sr & Callie Caroline Mullis Tucker. he had lived in Elizabethton since 1926 .

Dave was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and then attended the University of Tennessee Law School, graduating in 1953. Dave was in practice from 1953 to 1985. He was last associated with the Firm of Tucker & LaPorte. Dave served as a Carter County Attorney from 1953 through 1985 and General Session Court Judge starting in 1958.

He was a hunter; fisherman; wrote short stories; a welder; a Philosopher; and an arm chair mechanic.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers Fred, Richard, Hunter and Bryan Tucker; three sisters- Helen Smith, Ollie Mae Rosenbaum and Lesie Murphy. Dave was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

Survivors include his wife Elizabeth Parlier Tucker, and several nieces & nephews.

Graveside Service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 16, 2020 in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Carter County Bar Association and his friends of Watauga Lake. Friends may register their presence at the funeral home from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:20 a.m. Thursday to go in procession to the cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American Cancer Society at 871 N. Weisgarber Rd. Knoxville, TN Att: Stacy Hall, in memory of David F. Tucker, Jr. Condolences may be sent to the family at our web-site www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.

Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Tucker family

Happy Valley Memorial Park