![]() On the last 67 ancestral acres of prime pastureland, he built the stately place he dreamed of. He protected the environment for the Southern Company for 25 years, a lot of them spent in Pensacola, and came back home to Eldridge. His life was full of fun, fortitude and service. Semi-conscious, he sort of smiled once in there somewhere and then kicked out of the traces, so to speak. His last best one was to wait, stubbornly (he could be stubborn), until his grown and lovely daughters (one pregnant again) joined his Bride at his hospice bedside. Last Thursday, at his pastoral dream home in Eldridge, he breathed slower. Comes down to it, I’m ready to walk the walk.” So he went gently into that good night. I’m not going to string it out until I’m bones. His exact words to the MD Anderson doc: “I’ve got to dance with this thing, so put the record on and drop the needle.”īut finally he tired of it, tired of the chemo and radiation, and said, “If I get a miracle, fine. He fought it like hell for more than a year. Rare as himself, with searching fingers virulent as hell. He headed for the skies, so to speak, a week ago to the day. He must have known the words to at least a million tunes. He hugged folks, especially his wife and children and grandkids, and he smiled a mandolin smile. Musician, equestrian, woodsman, sportsman. He was a known commodity, hither and yon. James Ashmore Tucker of the Tuckers of Eldridge. Bluegrass lovers in the deep south will recall Tuck from his time with the Brushy Creek Boys in and around Birmingham. It appeared in the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, AL on June 16. Rest in power, Tuck Tucker.This lovely remembrance of Tuck Tucker from northern Alabama, who passed away on June 9, is a contribution from his brother, Skip. I’m so lucky I got to work with him for so many years. A killer work ethic, passionately into it. “I’ll always remember him at his drawing board, arms blackened to the elbows with graphite, eraser shavings everywhere, bringing my characters to life. “A great friend, a master draftsman, a tireless practical joker, a brilliant storyteller, the first one I reached out to when I began ‘Hey Arnold!’ because he was the best board guy I had ever met,” wrote Bartlett. Hey Arnold! creator Craig Bartlett took to Instagram to honor Tucker. Most recently, he worked on the upcoming Bob’s Burgers feature, which is set to be released by 20th Century Studios currently on April 9, 2021. In 2015, he began teaching graphic and animation design at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. His other credits include Family Guy, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Drawn Together, The Fairly OddParents, among others. In 2011, he won an Annie Award for Best Music in a Television Production alongside Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, and Nick Carr. In addition to being the storyboard artist for SpongeBob SquarePants The Movie in 2004, he served as supervising storyboard director for 47 episodes of the hit series from 2007 to 2014. He was best known for his work on SpongeBob SquarePants. Tucker was a storyboard director for Hey Arnold! between 19 and also directed the 2002 feature based on the popular Nickelodeon series. In the TV space, he worked on Nickelodeon’s Rugrats as well as The Simpsons. Notable Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2020: Photo Gallery
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