Betty Hodge Tucker

Betty Hodge Tucker, age 86 of Knoxville, born March 14, 1928 in Middlesboro, Kentucky passed away peacefully January 6, 2015. A retiree of the Knox County School System as a library aide, she was a longtime church organist, a member of the American Guild of Organists, and a member of the Eastern Star. She will be remembered as a loving mother and wife with a sweet and gentle nature. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years Raymond W. Tucker, Sr. and brother, Ernest Hodge. Survivors include daughter Jeannie Singley and husband Dale of Greensboro, North Carolina; son Raymond W. Tucker, Jr. and wife Renee; grandchildren Cindy Albright, Denise Singley Lawrence, Charles Tucker, and Devin Singley; two great grandchildren; sisters Ann Cook, Frances Rose, and Eleanor Carpenter, as well as several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Diabetes Association or The Samaritan’s Purse Relief Ministry, PO Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607. The family will receive friends 6-8 PM Friday at Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City Chapel. A private interment will be held for the family. A Celebration of Life service will be held 2:30 PM Saturday at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, 9132 Kingston Pike.