Arrangements by Preferred Cremation & Burial. Funeral Services were held on May 6, 2023, at New Seasons Church.
Edmond Henry Tucker, Sr. aka “Eddie,” was born to Emma Mae and Joseph Maxie Tucker on March 18, 1937, in Red Bluff, California where his father worked as a master machinist assisting with the WWII effort. He was the fourth of nine children born to this union.
The family moved to San Diego, CA where Eddie graduated from Lincoln High School. He was a member of the Park Boys Community Organization after he graduated from high school. The Park Boys was an early community service organization in the mid-1950s that held events to better the San Diego community. He was extremely proud to be a part of the organization. The Park Boys and Eddie were recently recognized by the City of San Diego for their service.
Eddie worked for the City of San Diego Airport Department in his early years. He continued working in the trucking industry until he retired in 2004. He enjoyed watching the news, going on road trips, and attending air shows to see Blue Angels of the U.S. Navy. Eddie loved eating BBQ beef ribs, oatmeal raisin cookies, coconut cream cake and drinking hot chocolate. His favorite television shows that he would binge-watch were, “Lord of the Rings” and “Game of Thrones”. Eddie was a serious San Francisco 49ers fan. The highlight of his fan experience was in 1995, Eddie attended the Super Bowl in Miami, Florida where the 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers.
Eddie passed on April 24, 2023. He was preceded in death by wife Wanda Lee Tucker; sisters Patricia Harriet Gibson (Pat), Rosa Lee Stapleton (Rosie), and Josephine Mae Johnson (Josie); brothers Joseph Maxie, Jr. (Jo Mac), Theodore F. (Freddie), Louis A (Louie), and James Allen Tucker (Jimmy); son Edmond Henry Tucker, Jr. (Bo); daughter Terri Crenshaw.
Eddie leaves to mourn his wife Janet Ellen Tucker; ex-wife Garnie Lee (Reasie); three daughters, Roxanne Tucker Hanson, Rosalynd Martin and Tara Tucker; two sons Nasser and Dessalines Tucker; 18 grandchildren, Jenee Branch, Kelly Crenshaw, Kim York, Trina Tucker, Edmond Tucker III, Justin Curry, James Tucker, Joe Tucker, Johnny Tucker, Monique Ransome, Jennifer Hanson, Anna Hanson, Brandy Martin, Tony Martin, Troy Martin, Ashley (Shai) White, Paiton Brewer and Tiler Shipman, and others; 36 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; one sister Marie Elanor Tucker; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
