Archie "Lee" Tucker, Sr. Obituary (1928 - 2021)

MADISON - Archie "Lee" Tucker, Sr., 92, left this earthly life on Sunday, March 28, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at Palestine United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service at the barn at Tucker's Farm. Mr. Tucker was born on November 26, 1928 in Rockingham County to the late Archie and Blanche Angel Tucker. Lee was a lifelong tobacco farmer and worked alongside his family on Tucker's Farm, where he enjoyed seeing the farm continue with the strawberries, mums, blueberries and other seasonal produce. He served the community of Huntsville and Western Rockingham County as an active member of the Huntsville Volunteer Fire Department for forty-five years, serving as a charter member and chief. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children, Marilyn Joyce Tucker; granddaughter, Jordan L. Tucker; sister and brother-in-law, Margaret T. Powell and N. Jack Powell, Sr. and nephew, N. Jack Powell, Jr. Survivors include his wife, Joann Cardwell Williams-Tucker; sons, Steve Tucker (Eppie), David Tucker (Beverly), Eddie Tucker (Lori), Mike Tucker (Mela), Lee Tucker, Jr. (Cathy), Mark Tucker (Ronda) and Jay Tucker (Julie); fourteen grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Rockingham County, PO Box 281, Wentworth, NC 27375 and/or the Huntsville Volunteer Fire Department, 1133 Sardis Church Road, Madison, NC 27025. Colonial Funeral Home in Madison is serving the family. Online condolences may be offered at www.colonialfh.net