Brenda Tucker, 59, West Plains, Missouri, died June 12, 2016 at her home in West Plains, Missouri.
She was born the daughter of the late Gerald Tucker and Helen Akins Tucker, on April 18, 1957 in Rockford, Illinois.
She is survived by two children, Jerry Taylor, Springfield, Missouri and Shawn Tucker, West Plains, Missouri; one brother, Bob Tucker and wife Julie, Doniphan, Missouri; five sisters, Carol Kight and husband, Clifford, West Plains, Missouri; Phyllis Worthington, Springfield, Missouri; Sharon Pankey and husband, Bertie, West Plains, Missouri; Debbie Hubbard, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Kay Robinson and husband, Vaden, Camdenton, Tennessee; three grandchildren, Jacob Anderson, Willow Springs, Missouri; Annastasia Tucker, West Plains, Missouri, and Jaden Emberton, Springfield, Missouri; four special friends, Diana Wiley, Sharon Owens, Donna Taylor, and Rhonda Powell.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, William Lee Tucker and one sister, Sue Barton.
She attended the Central Calvary Baptist Church in West Plains, Missouri. She loved to fish and enjoyed cooking, baking, loved to read, especially western books, and watch John Wayne movies.
Local arrangements were under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.