- Date Of Birth: October 26, 1941
- Date Of Death: October 1, 2022
- State: Missouri
Larry Eugene Tucker, 80, of Desloge, MO, formerly of Des Arc, MO, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2022, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson, Festus, MO. Larry was born October 26, 1941, at Madison, IL, to parents Elias Wiley and Wilma Lee (Knuckles) Tucker.
The Tucker family moved to Des Arc in Larry’s youth. They began a sawmill and for many years the mill was a big part of Larry’s life. He had worked the mill and helped his family until he graduated college. He graduated Des Arc High School with the class of 1959. He was a great basketball player and Flat River Junior College offered him a scholarship to play. After leaving Flat River he earned his bachelors in education from Southeast Missouri State. His first teaching assignment was at South Iron at Annapolis, MO. He taught there from 1963-1965. In the fall of 1965, he worked at Twillman Elementary School in the Hazelwood school district. In late 1965 he began his new career that would last decades. He went to work for USIS_OPM with the United States government. This career would span nearly forty years and took Larry to many parts of the United States from Chicago, IL, to Augusta, GA, and various places in between. Larry never forgot his first investigation or his last. He retired in 2003 and started with his bucket list.
