James Henry “Jim” Tucker, 87, of Morgantown, passed away at Pine Ridge Skilled Nursing Center in Kingwood on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Jim was born on Jan. 12, 1933 in Wonewoc, Wis., a son to the late Freeman and Margaret Tucker.
Jim served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War as a photographer. He then attended Michigan State University, majoring in biology. There he met and married his wife, Sue.
After graduating, Jim taught junior high science and biology for a year in Michigan, and then went to work for the U.S. Public Health Service in Cincinnati for four years. Afterward, he transferred to the EPA and worked in Rhode Island for two years and later went to the EPA lab in Duluth, Minn., where he worked for 10 years doing electron microscopy. In 1978, he transferred back to the U.S. Public Health Service and worked here in Morgantown at NIOSH doing electron microscopy until his retirement in 1988. Jim loved to fish and loved his dogs and cats.
Jim is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sue; his daughter, Cathy, of Arkansas; his son, Mark, of Morgantown; his grandson, Branden, of Florida; and three special friends, Bud Allison, of Ashville, N.C., and David Spicer and David White, of Morgantown.
In addition to his parents, Jim was preceded in death by a brother, a sister, two brothers-in-law and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Foundation at P.O. Box 5014 Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014.
A private family committal service will take place at WV National Cemetery in Pruntytown with full military honors conferred by the U.S. Navy and Taylor County Honor Guard. McCulla Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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