Herbert Kay Tucker

After a short illness, Herbert Kay "H. K." Tucker age 87 went home to be with the Lord on the morning of March 5, 2012. H. K. was born to share croppers Herbert and Annie Tucker.  He was of youngest of 10 children.  When he was 12 years old the family moved to Georgia where he would meet and marry the love of his life, Anna Faye Thrasher.  They were married January 2, 1943, just before he went to serve his country through out Europe with the 124th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion during World War II.  When the war ended H. K. returned to Georgia where he and his wife settled and later raised two daughters, Juanita and Brenda.  H. K. was a deacon at Pennville First Baptist Church for over 50 years.  He and his wife of 61 years faithfully served their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and raised their daughters in a loving christian home. Through out the years H. K. worked in the insurance business, retail stores and he retired from Mount Vernon Textile Mill. H. K. is preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, his parents, and 9 brothers and sisters. H. K. is survived by his daughter, Juanita Binowski and her children, Joshua, Jamison, and Cristal Binowski, and his daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Mark Binowski and their boys, Bo and Seth Binowski; and several nieces and nephews. H. K. lived a blessed life.  He accepted Jesus as his savior at age 11 and as an adult served his Lord daily in all he did.  He will be missed by all who knew and loved him. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. from the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Dempsey and Rev. Kenneth Thrasher officiating.   Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens. H. K. will lie-in-state on Wednesday evening, March 14, 2012 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family asks that you honor H. K. by donating to Gideons International for Bible placement in hotels, jails, and etc.