George Richard

Tucker, Sr.

George Richard Tucker, Sr., 75, of Ochlocknee, GA, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home on Monday, August 28, 2023 at 10:00 am with Pastor Robin Hickey officiating. Interment will follow at Ochlocknee City Cemetery. Active Pallbearers will be Mark Adams, Terry Henderson, Tony Henderson, Jerry Hurst, Daniel Trull and Scott Wickham. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 9:00 am - 10:00 am in the funeral home Chapel. George was born in Pelham, GA on December 1, 1947 to the late Wiley Franklin Tucker and Dora Pauline Davis Tucker. He married Christine Suber Tucker who preceded him in death on January 1, 2021. He was a Mechanic for Randall Smith Automotive and was a member of Ochlocknee Baptist Church. Survivors include; his children, Wiley David Tucker of Woodruff, SC, George Richard Tucker, Jr., Robert Wayne Tucker, and Angela Christine McLeod Tucker, all of Ochlocknee, GA, brothers, Preston Tucker of Savannah, GA, and Leroy Tucker of Doylestown, PA, an Honorary-Daughter in Law, Belen Ausburn of Ochlocknee, GA, 8 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren. In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Laverne Adams.