Marge Tucker

Mrs. Marge Tucker, 91, of Huntingdon died Monday, November 11, 2024 at Harmony Hill Assisted Living. 

Funeral services are at 11 a.m. , Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at Huntingdon First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Hickory Flat Cemetery. Brother Jacob Harris officiating.

The family will receive friends at Dilday-Carter Funeral Home on Tuesday,   4  until 8 p.m. and on Wednesday at Huntingdon First Baptist Church,  from 9 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. 

Mrs. Marjorie Tucker was born July 10, 1933 to the late Mrs. Edith Irene Humphrey and Mr. Jesse Towater.

Mrs. Tucker is also preceded in death by her husband, Leon Tucker son Bob Tucker; and brothers, J.W. Towater and Roy Towater. She was a former bookkeeper at City Drug Company and a member of Huntingdon First Baptist Church.

She is survived by sons, Tony (Charlotte) Tucker and Tim (Diane) Tucker of Huntingdon, Tennessee; daughter-in-law Suzanne Tucker of Milan, Tennessee; grandchildren April Coleman, Shannon Tucker, Jessica (Brad Beck) Tucker, Tyler Weatherford, Will (Mary Grace) Tucker, Matt Tucker, and Jack Tucker; and great-grandchildren, Kennede Coleman, Kelan Coleman, Thomas Tucker, and Livi May Tucker.

Marge was always a very active member of the Huntingdon community. She served as a band booster officer almost every year her boys were in the band. Marge was also an active member of the Huntingdon Garden Club, Huntingdon Women’s Club, where she served as president, Huntingdon Special School District board member, and chapter member of the Baptist Memorial Hospital Indigent Care Board, where she served as president. 

Marge was a very active member of First Baptist Church in Huntingdon. She served as a teacher in the youth department and sang in the church choir for over 50 years. Marge was also the leader of the Children and Youth Bible Drill program for over 50 years and was very active in the Women’s Missionary Union at the church. 

Marge was a 65-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 180 in Huntingdon. During that time, she served in many offices for the chapter, including several times as Worthy Matron. She was a member of the Grand Family for the State of Tennessee in 1991, serving as Worthy Grand Chaplain.  

She was the Citizen of the Year in 2023 in Huntingdon.

She previously won the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce's Business Person of the Year award.

Dilday-Carter is in charge of arrangements. 731-986-8281