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Tucker, Dollie Marie 80


Dollie Marie Tucker, age 80, Whitley City, Kentucky, died June 25, 2026 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Kentucky. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 29, 2026 at McCreary County Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry Vanover officiating. Burial was in Strunk Cemetery.

She was born November 20, 2025 at Barren Fork, Kentucky the daughter of the late Jim Hiarm and Etta Strunk Gibson. She was a cook in McCreary County School System and was a member of Day Ridge United Baptist Church.

Her parents and her husband, Loyd Tucker precedes her in death. The deceased sons are, Arnold Tucker; Jerry Ray Tucker; Gary DeWayne Tucker; Rocky Allen Tucker and Nathan �Buddy � Tucker. The deceased brothers and sister are Howard Gibson; Frank Gibson and Emma Lee Gibson. Derek Ball and Bradley Newton are the deceased great grandchildren.

Survivors include her children, Jimmy and Sandra Tucker; Ancil and Janet Tucker; Doris and Alfred Ball all of Whitley City, Kentucky; Michael and Connie Tucker; Ronald Coy Tucker; Stella Jean and Steve Newton and Kimberly Sue and John Kelly all of Parkers Lake, Kentucky and Lena Joyce and Steve Kidd, Stearns, Kentucky. Her surviving sister, Virginia (Sis) Tucker, Whitley City, Kentucky. Four sisters-in-law; Stella Tucker, Shirley Tucker, Hope Tucker and Irene Strunk and two brothers-in-law Clyde Tucker and Ancil Tucker survive her. A special child in their life survives, David Gabbard, Whitley City, Kentucky. Twenty-eight grandchildren and twenty-eight great grandchildren survive.

McCreary County Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements.



Reader Condolences

David Gabbard Family (7/18/2004)
We loved her so much. She was a great person.Thanks for letting us be a part of you all.

Jenny Shepherd Leistman (7/8/2026)
DORIS I AM SO SADDENED TO LEARN OF YOUR LOSS. YOUR MOTHER WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON. JENNY


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