Sara "Doris" Tucker went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. She was 99 years old and although she lived in the Powdersville community all her life, she lived a very eventful life. She lived through the great depression and WW II. Her first child, Sammy, was born while her husband wasContinue Reading
Watch Video TributeSara "Doris" Tucker went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
She was 99 years old and although she lived in the Powdersville community all her life, she lived a very eventful life. She lived through the great depression and WW II. Her first child, Sammy, was born while her husband was stationed in Germany. Her father passed away when she was 7 years old.
Doris was the matriarch of a large family of five generations, her children, Samuel Thompson Tucker, Jr. (Sammy) and Dorothy Ann Tucker Hunt (Dot); their spouses Charlotte Hunt Tucker and Luther E. Hunt; four grandchildren, Teresa Lanni (Ken), Sonny Hunt (Angie), Tom Tucker (Wendy), and Tami Tucker Bishop (Tim), 15 great grandchildren; and six great great grandchildren.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel McLyrd Elrod, and Lucia Wilson Elrod; her brother, Samuel Elrod; sister, Juanita Elrod McGee; and her husband, Samuel Thompson Tucker, Sr., who died in 2006.
Friends may pay their respects Monday, March 1, 2021 from 11:00 until 5:00 p.m. at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Bethesda United Methodist Church with the burial to follow. Masks are required in all Thomas McAfee Funeral Home locations and attendees are strongly encouraged to follow CDC guidelines on social distancing.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bethesda United Methodist Church, 516 Piedmont Road, Easley, SC 29642, and Compassus Hospice, 16 Mills Avenue, Unit 6, Greenville, SC 29605.
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