Rev.

Jack M. Tucker, Sr., 74, of Binghamton, went home to be with his Lord Wednesday

morning, January 31, 2001. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 48 years,

Shirley Hodson Tucker. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth

and Dr. F. Keith Kennedy, Binghamton; a son and daughter-in-law, Jack M. and

Judy Rogers Tucker, Apalachin; daughter, Judy and Denny Bishop, Windsor; his

grandchildren, Thomas Patrick Donahue, Jr., Scott Jason and Amy Kathleen

Donahue, Tricia Lynn Tucker, Erika Leigh Tucker, Terri Culverwell, Tammy

McKernan, Michael Schrader, Kathleen Kennedy Tappen, Christopher Kennedy, David

Kennedy; 11 great-grandchildren. Rev. Tucker was Pastor Emeritus of the Faith

Christian Fellowship Church, Apalachin. He was a graduate of Boston University

School of Theology with a degree in Divinity, served the United Methodist

Church for 29 years, and was Pastor of Faith Christian Fellowship Church for 10

years, retiring in 1991. He also served as Pastor of Warren Center United

Methodist Church. In 1964, while serving as Pastor of the Windsor United

Methodist Church, he marched in Selma, Alabama with the late Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr., and was a correspondent for the Press & Sun-Bulletin. He was a

Navy veteran of World War II, serving in Normandy. Funeral services will be

held at the Faith Christian Fellowship Church, corner of Beach Rd. and

Pennsylvania Ave., Apalachin, Friday at 1 p.m. Pastor Eugene "Pete"

Darling will officiate. Burial will be in the Village Cemetery, Windsor, in the

Spring. The family will receive friends at the Faith Christian Fellowship

Church, Friday, from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Expressions of

sympathy in memory of Rev. Tucker may be made to Faith Christian Fellowship

Church, 27 Beach Rd., Apalachin, N.Y. 13732. Arrangements are by the J.A.

McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main St., Binghamton, N.Y.