Jack Shive Tuck

Jack Shive Tuck died January 20, 2012. He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas on September 18, 1921, the son of Henry Lafayette and Corinna Shive Tuck, who settled in Fayetteville about 1916. He graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B.S.B.A. degree and was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. He served in the U.S. Infantry during World War II in Africa, Italy, France and Germany, spending five months in the battle at Anzio Beachead. Following military service, he was associated with Tucks'Appliance Store on Block Street for 18 years, and for 20 years with Fayetteville Savings & Loan Association, which later became a part of First Federal of Arkansas. He contributed much to the community over the years, serving as an elder in the First United Presbyterian Church, and on the committees and boards of Washington County TB Association, the Fayetteville United Fund, the Fayetteville Noon Kiwanis Club, Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce and the Fayetteville Country Club. He had also served on the Fayetteville City Hospital Development Committee. He played trumpet in a band called "Ragtime Perfessors." Of his volunteer activities, he was perhaps most proud of having coached pee wee baseball for seven years. He was fond of saying "they didn't win any games, but everyone got to play". He was considered a mentor by many young boys who in adulthood currently serve leadership roles in Fayetteville. He was affectionately referred to as "Trooper" after the manner in which he addressed them and many others. He is survived by his wife, the former Virginia Nell Casey, whom he married September 4, 1971; his sister, Susy (Mrs. JRoyston Brown) of Plano, Texas and many nieces and nephews in whose lives he played a very special part. These nieces and nephews include Herman A. Tuck Jr. and Jo Anne Tuck Compton, both of Fayetteville; Henry L. Tuck III of Little Rock and Tess Tuck Gibbs of Fayetteville, as well as John David Casey of Dallas and Pat Casey of Myrtle Beach, S.C. Jack's large and loving family was always primary with him and he had cultivated many close friendships throughout his life. He was preceded in death by an older sister, Delpha Tuck Crockett and two older brothers, Herman A. Tuck Sr. and Henry Lafayette Tuck, Jr. and a nephew, Charles Tuck Crockett. Visitation will be held 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at Moore's Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at the First United Presbyterian Church, 695 Calvin Street, Fayetteville. Interment will be for family only at Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville, under the direction of Moore's Chapel. Memorials may be made to First United Presbyterian Church, 695 Calvin Street, Fayetteville, Ark., or Butterfield Foundation, 1923 E. Joyce, Fayetteville 72701. To sign the online guest book, visit www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.