Burnoch Tucker

The Management and Support Staff of Nelson's Funeral  Home announce the death of Mr. Burnoch Tucker, 72, of Landover Hill, Maryland  formerly of Ridgeway, South Carolina.   Mr. Tucker died Wednesday, January 28, 2015.

Funeral Services will be  held  Saturday, February 7, 2015,  2:00 p.m. at Rock Hill Baptist Church,  1034 Shivers Green Road Ridgeway, South Carolina.  Interment  will follow in the church cemetery.

Public viewing will be Friday, February 6,  2015 from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Mr. Burnoch Andrew Tucker (affectionately known as “Bernard”) transitioned into eternal rest and glory on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at his residence in Landover Hills, Maryland after a long illness.

He was born on January 25, 1943 in Ridgeway, South Carolina to the late Mr. Leslie Tucker and Mrs. Rachel (Long) Tucker.  At an early age, he joined Rock Hill Baptist Church in Ridgeway, South Carolina. He attended the public schools of Fairfield and Kershaw Counties in South Carolina.  Burnoch relocated from Ridgeway to Washington, DC in the early 1960s, where he worked as a Sous Chef for the Sheraton Hotel (later renamed as the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel) for 47 years until his retirement in 2010.  Burnoch had a natural love and a zeal for cooking and being a chef.  It was clearly his life’s passion and God-given calling.

Burnoch met his wife, Mamie (Simpson) Tucker, when they were just children in Ridgeway where they both grew up.  They were married on August 5, 1967 and from that union, they had three children.

Burnoch is survived by his wife, Mamie; their children, Michelle (Lawrence, Jr.) Herbert of Bowie, Maryland,  Anetra Tucker of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and Bryant (Tenekia) Tucker of Greensboro, North Carolina;  one grandchild, Antonio Tucker of Greensboro, North Carolina;  two brothers, Nathaniel (Rose) Tucker and Herman Tucker of Washington, DC; one sister, Margaret O’Neal of Ridgeway, South Carolina; two aunts, Annie Geiger of Ridgeway, South Carolina and Alberta Chestnut of Bronx, New York; his mother-in-law, David Simpson of Ridgeway, South Carolina; sisters-in-law, Inell S. Colvin of Baltimore, Maryland, Reatha (Jesse) Samuel, LaVon Simpson, and Josephine Tucker all of Ridgeway, South Carolina, Rebecca Simpson of Columbia, South Carolina, Mary Harris of Connecticut and Diane Tucker of Lorton, Virginia; two brothers-in-law, Walter “Monzell” (Inetta) Simpson and Ronnie Simpson of Ridgeway, South Carolina; and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.    

Burnoch was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers Samuel L. Tucker and Henry Lee Tucker; and his sisters, Willie Mae Butler and Julie Ann Tucker.

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