I'm a new trapper and just wanted to let everyone know a great long time trapper a good friend and mentor has recently went home to Glory.

THOMAS' OBITUARY
Thomas Leon Tucker, Sr., 78, of Faulkner, MD, peacefully passed away after a lengthy illness on April 17, 2023, surrounded by family.

On August 3, 1944, Thomas was born to Elbert and Amy (Dean) Tucker on the family farm in Bristol, MD.

He married Mary Alice Baker of Baltimore, on August 6, 1966, and went on to have two children, Melinda Lee Rice of Faulkner, MD, and Thomas Leon Tucker, Jr. of Kailua Kona, HI.

Thomas was a lifelong farmer and loved what he did. If he wasn’t farming, he was trapping or hunting. He was a member of the Anne Arundel County Farm Bureau as well as the Charles County Farm Bureau. He was a very active member of the Maryland Fur Trappers and also a past president of the organization. Thomas was appointed to many commissions in Maryland throughout the years, including the Maryland Tobacco Authority. He could be found in Annapolis testifying on behalf of agriculture and wildlife conservation on many occasions. He adored his great-grandsons and spent a lot of time with them. In his retirement, Thomas could be seen daily, driving his truck around the community and checking on the local farmers, especially near and dear to him was his son-in-law, also a farmer, William Leonard Rice, Sr.

Thomas was predeceased by his parents, Elbert and Amy Tucker as well as his three brothers, Elbert Jr, William, and Donald. He is survived by his beloved wife, Mary, two children, Melinda and Thomas Jr., three grandchildren, Ashley, Robert, and Sarah, two great-grandchildren, Jayden and Jaxon, and seven sisters, Betty, Dianne, Elsie, Pauline, Peggy, Bonnie and Beverly.

On April 25, 2023, the family will receive friends for the visitation from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm and from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Brinsfield Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A., 30195 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622. The following day, April 26, 2023, a funeral service will be held at the funeral home at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow after the service at Lakemont Memorial Gardens, 900 W Central Ave, Davidsonville, MD 21035.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Charles County Farm Bureau Scholarship Fund, PO Box 374 La Plata, MD 20646, or the Maryland Fur Trappers Education Program, 28911 Revells Neck Road, Westover, MD 21871.

Sorry to hear about your friend. May he rest in peace.

Sorry for your loss

Condolences for you, the family and the community

Sounds like he was a quite the guy. We need more people like him!

RIP

thanks everyone

I enjoyed the pics and thought the obituary was nice. Thank you for posting.

Nice write up on Mr.Tucker!
RIP Sir

Tommy was one of a kind, and did more for trapping, and trappers, than most anyone I've ever met.
Rode by his place yesterday, saw a couple muskrats huts in the marsh along Allen's, and smiled.
RIP Mr. Tucker

I knew Tommy from years ago and enjoyed visiting with him when I would go to the Maryland area for a few rendevous'. He was a salt of the earth man. Thank you for posting this for others to know of his passing and of his life..

Rest in peace Mr. Tucker.

Rest In Peace Trapper.

Osky

RIP!!

R.I.P. Bet is laying out his trapline getting ready for the season to open.

It was a better world with Tommy Tucker in it. He will be missed. May he now be in peace.

Than you all for the heartfelt comments, i will pass them on to his family. This is a great community

RIP

I was over visiting the other day and his wife showed me this streching board, at the NTA Convention, he had his friends sign it, both sides, thought that was very special. Also attached is a pic of of a white mink, that is pretty rare also.