Rev. C. Wayne Tucker

Rev. Carson Wayne Tucker, 89, of High Point, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, June 27, 2024, at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Archdale, with Pastor Richard Callahan officiating. Burial will follow at Whynot Cemetery, Seagrove, with military honors provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard.

Born in Guilford Co., NC, on June 16, 1935, Rev. Tucker was the son of the late William Carson and Julia Linda Austin Tucker. He was a graduate of Piedmont Bible College and served as a Baptist pastor in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. He also served as a missionary, mainly in the Northwest areas of the country. Planting and building churches was very important to him, having started five across Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

Rev. Tucker deeply and dearly loved his family and the Lord. He was a wonderful husband and dad. In his spare time he enjoyed being in the outdoors hunting and fishing.

Being very patriotic, Rev. Tucker proudly served in the US Army. He loved his country.

In addition to his parents, Rev. Tucker was preceded in death by his brother, Rev. Kenneth Tucker, and sister and brother in law, Linda and Harold Sexton.

Rev. Tucker is survived by his wife, Elgie Tucker of the home; daughter, Amy Elizabeth Tucker Arnold (John) of Archdale; son, Leslie Wayne Tucker (Amanda) of Asheboro; sister, Joanie Shaw (Milford) of Denton; brother, Douglas Tucker (Kay) of Chattanooga, TN; grandchildren, Jacqueline Tucker, Zachary Tucker, Bradley Arnold (Ashlyn), Aysia Arnold Connors (Caleb), Tucker Arnold (Bethany), Nicholas Arnold, Carson Arnold; and great granddaughters, Ivy Arnold and Melody Arnold.

The family will receive friends from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, at the church prior to the funeral service.