Obituary of Jack M. Tucker

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.