Hasker Tucker

Hasker Tucker, age 71 of 915 Lansing St., Sanford, NC passed on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at Central Carolina Hospital.

Hasker Tucker was born August 15, 1947 to the late Hurbert Tucker and Lois Lyles Rice in Kershaw County, SC.  He departed this life on August 19, 2018 surrounded by his loving family.

Hasker attended W.B. Wicker H.S. and graduated in 1966. On July 31, 1969 he joined the Armed Service where he served until July 27, 1973 and left as Sgt. Hasker Tucker.

He was a kind, considerate and loving man; always willing to help anyone that needed it.  Hasker worked as a welder, and was an avid landscaper and enjoyed doing it. He loved to fish, watch Westerns, Law and Order and TV Court Shows.

He was preceded in death by his two sons, Kevin and Toby Lynn Tucker; his parents, Hurbert Tucker and Lois Lyles Rice; one brother, Ernest Tucker and one great granddaughter, De’Ondra Matthews.  

He leaves to cherish his memories: his companion of 25 years, Hazel Foushee; one daughter, Sandra (Pastor Darren Matthews Sr.) of Springfield, 
Massachusetts; six grandchildren: Walter, Julisa, Darren Jr., and Kassaundra of Springfield, Massachusetts,
and NyQuan and Aliyah of Sanford, North Carolina; fourteen great grandchildren; one sister, Loretta Cassidy of Sanford, NC; two nieces: Shanel Hairiston of Concord, North Carolina and Kelsy Cassidy of Sanford, North Carolina; one special sister-in-law, Eloise Tucker of Sanford, North Carolina.

Arrangements By: Knotts Funeral Home, Sanford