Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tucker, Rev. Herbert N., 1945 

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HERBERT NASH TUCKER 

REV. HERBERT N. TUCKER DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS 

   Suffolk, June 22 - Rev. Herbert Nash Tucker, 57, former rector of the St. 
Paul’s Episcopal Church here and a descendant of a long line of Tuckers 
prominent in the historical, cultural, and spiritual development of Virginia, 
died early this morning at his home on Grace Street.

   A native of Norfolk, Rev. Tucker was the son of the late Rt. Reverend 
Beverly Dandridge Tucker, Bishop of Southern Virginia, and the late Maria 
Washington Tucker.

   Surviving him is his wife, Alice Faulkner Tucker; two sons, Herbert Nash 
Tucker, Jr. and Charles Faulkner Tucker; and two daughters, Lucy Harrison 
Tucker and Maria Washington Tucker.

   The body was taken to I.O. Hill Funeral Home where it will remain until 
4:15 p.m. Sunday, when it will be removed to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 
Funeral services will be held at St. Paul’s at 4:40 p.m., conducted by Rev. 
Louis A. Haskell.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

 ONE OF 13 CHILDREN 

   Rev. Tucker was one of 13 children - nine boys and four girls - and he was 
the second of his line to die. A brother, John Randolph Tucker, an attorney, 
died recently in West Virginia.  A cousin, Dr. Beverly Randolph Tucker, 
succumbed Tuesday in Richmond.

   Born February 6, 1888 in Norfolk, Rev. Tucker received his first higher 
schooling at William and Mary and at the University of Virginia.  He attended 
William and Mary from 1905 through 1907.  In 1909 he entered the University of 
Virginia, where he received his B.S. Degree in 1912.

   In 1912 he entered the Episcopal Virginia Seminary at Alexander and in 1915 
was ordained both a deacon and a priest.

SERVED AS CHAPLAIN 

   During the first World War, in 1918-19, he served as a chaplain in the 
United States Army.  Later, after coming to Suffolk, he was a member of 
Suffolk Post 57, American Legion, and was its chaplain for 18 years.

   After the armistice in World War I, Rev. Tucker was called to the churches 
of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, which included the St. James Parish at 
Boydton, St. John’s at Chase City, and St. Timothy at Clarksville.

   In 1925 he was called to St. Paul’s Church in Suffolk, where he remained 
for 14 years. Illness forced him to retire from the pulpit five years ago and, 
since that time, his health slowly declined.

SEVERAL LIVING BROTHERS 

   Living brothers of the deceased include the Rt. Reverend Henry St. George 
Tucker, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States; Dr. 
Augustine Washington Tucker, of Raleigh, N.C.; Rt. Reverend Beverly Dandridge 
Tucker, Bishop of Episcopal Churches of Ohio.

   Also, Richard Blackburn Tucker, businessman, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Lawrence 
Fontaine Tucker, engineer, of Fort Bragg and Norfolk; Ellis Nimmo Tucker, 
professor, of Woodberry Forest, Va.; and Rev. Francis Bland Tucker rector of 
St. John’s Church, Savannah, Ga.

   Rev. Tucker’s four sisters are Miss Lila Tucker, of Virginia Beach; Mrs. 
Winthrop Lee, of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. Luke White, of Claremont, N.J.; and Mrs. 
Malcolm Griffin, of Big Island, Va.


Rev. Herbert Nash TUCKER, 
b. 6 Feb 1888, Norfolk, d. 22 Jun 1945, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block W, Lot 31*), Suffolk, 26 Jun 1945, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

His parents are buried in Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, WV. 


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