Obit of Tucker Sr., James Douglas "Doug" Tucker Sr. - Rogers County, Oklahoma

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::Spavinaw/Strang Cemetery--Spavinaw OK

The Grove Sun Daily

James Douglas "Doug" Tucker Sr. 1936-2005

SPAVINAW, Okla. - James Douglas "Doug" Tucker Sr., 68, of Spavinaw, passed 
away Thursday, April 21 following an extended illness.

Tucker was born September 8, 1936 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Ardyce Vance 
Tucker and Dorothy (Donelson) Tucker. He attended Oklahoma Military 
Academy and was a graduate of Will Rogers High School in Tulsa. He was a 
Boiler Maker and was a member of the International Brotherhood of 
Boilermakers Union Local #592 in Tulsa, and the International Brotherhood 
of Boilermakers #83 in Kansas City, Missouri. He loved sports and was an 
avid Oklahoma Sooners fan. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting, and writing.

Tucker was united in marriage to Florence Valk on July 6, 1976 in Miami, 
Oklahoma. They have made their home in Spavinaw for the last 29 years.

Surviving family members include his wife, Florence, of the home; three 
daughters, Vicki Walkup of Tulsa, Cynthia Tucker-Brooks and husband 
Charles of Oklahoma City, and Tamara Harner and husband Mike of Grove, 
Oklahoma; two sons, James Douglas Tucker Jr. and wife Regina of Wagoner, 
Oklahoma, and Steven Eric Tucker of Wagoner, Oklahoma; one stepson, Orval 
Dean "Spunky" Wiley of Claremore, Oklahoma; one brother, Donel Tucker of 
Collinsville, Oklahoma; and fourteen grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, April 25 at the Faith 
Mission Church in Jay, Oklahoma, with Rev. Chester Crittenden officiating. 
Internment followed at Spavinaw/Strang Cemetery.

An online condolence may be sent by logging on to 
www.turnerfuneralchapels.com, clicking on Obituaries, the name of the 
deceased, and Send Condolence.

Services are entrusted to Turner Funeral Chapel of Jay, Oklahoma.
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