He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving in the Vietnam Era;
was a retired Certified Public Accountant working for the City of Atlanta Accounting Department. He was a former member of the Mt. Olive
Missionary Baptist Church and had earned his pilot license. He
was an avid photographer and served as the official photographer for the Twin Cities Railroad Musuem. He also served as a finiancal advisor to the Ken-Tenn Homecoming & Reunion Association. He was an
astute golfer and served as a mentor in the Obion Co. Mentoring Program.
He is survived by a daughter Jennifer Rucker of Atlanta GA; 2 brothers Paul (Butch) Alexander of Cottage Green, TN and Michael Alexander of Paducah, KY, and a sister and brother in law Phyllis Alexander Rause (Leon) of Paducah, KY.
He was preceded in death by his father William Rucker, his mother
Merless Jones, his step mother, a brother, Charles Alexander and 2 sisters, Donna Vaughn and Ponphola Hutcherson.
Funeral services for Mr. Jerry Neal Rucker will be held at 2PM Saturday at the Brooks Chapel Ministries Church in Fulton KY. Burial will follow in the Obion County Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Brooks Chapel Ministries Church after 1PM Saturday until the funeral hour.