ELEANOR S. TUCKER
April 7, 1924-Feb. 17, 2018
Mrs. Eleanor Stancil Tucker, Faison resident, passed away early Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Kitty Askins Hospice Center at the age of 93.
A lifelong homemaker, she was married to the late Ben Tucker. She had worked at Chas. F. Cates & Son, Inc. in a variety of positions. She was a member of Faison United Methodist Church and had served her community with ideas and creativity on the Faison Improvement Group.
Mrs. Tucker's life will be celebrated Monday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. at Faison United Methodist Church, with Pastor Jabe Largen officiating. Burial will follow in the Faison Cemetery. Flowers are welcome or memorial gifts may be made to Faison United Methodist Church, Attn.: Beth Taylor, P.O. Box 417, Faison, N.C., 28341.
Mrs. Tucker is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Kenyon and husband, Joseph, and Michele Grady and husband, Bennie, all of Faison; three sons, Bobby Gene Tucker and wife, Noleen, of Faison, Dean Tucker and wife, Pam, of Mount Olive, and Donnie Tucker and wife, Pamela "Pam," of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; a sister, Molly Gray Burch and husband, Conrad, of Colorado; and two half-brothers, Gerald Stancil and Larry Stancil, both of Turkey.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben; a son, Benny Ray Tucker; her parents, Cora Langston Stancil and Edgar R. Stancil; brothers, Stacy Stancil, Laster "Dick" Stancil, and Arbany "Bud" Stancil; sister, Barbara Summerford; and half-brother, Jerry Stancil.
A Tyndall service.
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Published in Obituaries on February 18, 2018 3:05 AM