Flossie Jane Tucker

Flossie Jane Tucker, 95, of Walnut Grove, passed away June 28, 2021. She was born Jan. 26, 1926, to John and Allie (Gates) Clark in Hartville. She was the youngest of three girls. Flossie Clark was united in marriage to Donald Tucker on March 27, 1948. They were blessed with five children.
Tuker grew up in the Hartville area, and attended a local school until the eighth grade. She moved to Springfield in 1945 where she worked at the Springfield Garment Factory. In the early 1950’s, she and her husband moved to the Walnut Grove area where she resided until her homegoing.
Tucker worked as a hostess and baker for over 25 years at First Baptist Church in Springfield, where she retired. After retirement, she worked at Grant’s Restaurant, as a cook and baker in Ash Grove.
Tucker became a member of High Street Baptist Church under Dr. W.E. Dowell in 1952 where she taught Sunday School in the girl’s primary department and helped in various capacities.
During the last years of her life, she joined Hillside Baptist Church, where she was a faithful member.
Tucker is survived by five children, Donna Tucker, Walnut Grove; John Tucker, his wife Caroll of Blue Springs; David Tucker and his wife Terry of Garden City; Martha (Tucker) Eagleburger Baucom of Springfield; and Mary (Tucker) Joyce and her husband Charles of Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Tucker is preceded in death by her husband, Donald; her father and mother, John and Allie Clark, her sister and brother-in-law, Faye and Johnny Patterson; her sister, Florence Pierce; and her grandson, Ryan Tucker.
Visitation was 9-11 a.m., Saturday, July 3, 2021, at Hillside Baptist Church. Funeral services followed at 11 a.m. at Hillside Baptist Church with graveside burial at Greene Lawn Cemetery at Walnut Grove.