Dr. Dana Mark Tucker Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Memorial service will be at 1:30 PM, Friday, November 4th, 2016 at Bethany Baptist Church, Reece City, for Dr. Dana Mark Tucker, 53, of Gadsden, who died Monday, October 31st, 2016. Reverend Ray Tucker will officiate. Village Chapel Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Dr. Tucker graduated from Etowah High School in 1981, then attained a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Jacksonville State University. He also graduated from Jones School of Law of Faulkner University, Montgomery Campus. He was an educator for many years in the Clay County School System, and also taught law at Southern Union and West Georgia. He was a generous man, known to help anybody who was in need. He loved football, was an avid hunter, and a gardener. Dr. Tucker was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Norman and Esterlena Tucker; sister, Norma Diane Epps; brother, Michael Grant Tucker; and nephew, Scott Epps. He is survived by his brother, Dennis (Rhonda) Tucker; sisters, Charlotte (Lamar) Hollis and Pam (Larry) Tarrance; brother, Chris Tucker; nephews, Ray Tucker, Cary Tucker, Michael Tucker, and Alan Tucker; and nieces, Janet Tarrance and Krystal Tarrance. Flowers may be accepted, or memorials may be made to Bethany Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers are the 1981 Etowah High School Football team, and special friend, David Gilmer. Special thanks to Corporal James Corbitt of the Alabama State Troopers, and the West Point Fire Department of Cullman County. The family will receive friends from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM at the church prior to the service.

Dr. Dana Mark Tucker

May 8, 1963 - October 31, 2016