Robert Tucker Obituary

I miss his sweet smile. He was a dear person.
Joan Doyle Johns Creek, GA

I write this on the first anniversary of Daddy's death and wish I had the words to express my great love and respect for him. Each day I realize how strong and consistently good he and my mother were together and individually. His devotion to his family (including many grandchildren and in-laws),his patients and the community was unwavering. I, my mother and the rest of the family are very grateful for all of your kind words and touching glimpses into his past with you. I miss him terribly but remember him fondly.

Dr. Tucker diagnosed my Type 2 Diabetes when I went to him for my annual flight physical in January 1996. He told me if I would follow his instructions I would be flying again in a matter of months. On a strict diet and daily exercise program five months later and 60 pounds lighter I passed my physical and returned to flying. To this day, I follow his instructions and remain free of diabetes with proper dist and exercise. I clearly have Dr. Tucker to thank for that. I will always remember him as a fine doctor and a truly caring man.

I did not know Dr. Tucker but I grew up in College Park. He cared for my aunt and uncle, James and Pauline Smith, for many years after they moved to (old address) 999 Washington Road in East Point in 1937. He was much appreciated.
What an interesting life and contribution to his fellow humans.
NEAL BARRONTON

Dr. Tucker had a dedication to the East Point community that is seldom seen. All of the kids who had accidents spent time in his office as it was the Emergency Room for the town. I have had the honor of working in the hospital industry for 30 years but I never met a Physician that I respected more than DR. Tucker.

Thinking of your family during this time of loss.

On behalf of all of us, thank you "Doc Tuck"...it was you who put me back in the cockpit after a horrific automobile accident in 1996....Sir,our prayers go with you and your family...your kindness will be long remebered.

As a child, in the late 1940's, I visited Dr. Tucker for the first time. He was upstairs, over the East Point Pharmacy at Cleveland and Main streets. He was my Doctor until he retired in 1998, I missed him very much.

What a grand and fine man this was!
God Speed, Doc Tuc. Fair winds...

I feel privileged to have had Dr. R.P Tucker as my flight surgeon for over thirty years. Thanks Frank

Dr.Tucker was simply the epitome of what a doctor should be. For decades he was there for our family...great memories! We'll miss him. Hasson (Eastern Airlines)& Marian Calloway,& children Ron, Maxwell and Carolyn

What an amazing man! Dr. Tucker delivered me at Crawford Long Hospital in 1951. He of course was our doctor as children. Like what Steve White wrote, I too was scared of the tall man. Mostly because he usually was carrying a needle. I screamed and carried on so, he took to hiding the needle in a small towel and bringing about 3 or 4 nurses in to hold me down. One time my daddy said he would give me a dollar (that was big bucks back then) if I didn't move or cry. Here came Dr. Tucker with his towel covered needle and his team of nurses. He was totally shocked when I didn't move a muscle or even a whimper.

Back in the mid 1980's I worked for Avis Car Leasing which had a used car lot too. A tall man came in, looked at the cars and purchased one. As I was typing the paperwork, I saw the name. I asked him if he use to have a practice in East Point, he said yes, and I squealed, "you gave birth to me". He started laughing and I caught my wrong choice of words and said, I meant you delivered me. He gave me a hug before driving off in his car.

GOD BLESS THIS TRULY GIFTED AND LOVING MAN;HE WAS A SHINING CREDIT TO HIS PROFESSION, AND TO OURS.
JACK SLATON, JR, DELTA
p.s. HE WAS MY DAD'S FLIGHT SURGEON, TOO,IN CHINA DURING WW2, AND ACTUALLY FLEW THE HUMP WITH THEM AS AN XCM!

As a child growing up in East point we were all afraid of Dr. Tucker, he would come into the examination room wearing his double breast lab coat and in that deep bass voice of his order up that shot of penicillin. I can remember Dr. Tucker and his family coming over to our house in the summer to pick apples. Later on I would come in for my flight physicals and ask for the “Tucker baby” discount. (Dr. Tucker only delivered babies for a few years) they would smile and pass the word around that a “tucker baby was in the house but I never received a discount. He was a good doctor that really cared for his patients, heaven has a new angel.

My thoughts and prayers are with the family. I owe many years of my career to Dr. Tucker. Damon Frost (DAL Ret. '91)

I lived in College Park and Dr. Tucker was our Dr. How well I remember how he stayed open 24 hrs. I got hit with a golf club at putt putt one night in the early 50's and went to his office to have stiches in my head. He delivered my first 2 children. 1961 & 1962.
My thoughts & prayers and thanks are with the family. I can vouch for his dedication to our community. I certainly benefitted from it....
Max Banks

Dr Tucker gave me my first Delta Flt Phy in 1965 and charged me $10.00. His office is still on Ware St in East Point. Yes, the eye lane in room #2 is still there. Dr Tucker will surely be missed.

I came to know Dr. Tucker at Sunrise Assisted Living about 4 years ago. My husband (also a physician and recently passed away) was living there. I would come every day and visit my husband and Dr. Tucker sat at the dining table next to ours. He and my husband were quiet men but they knew what was going on. Dr. Tucker was a very sweet man and a very intelligent man. It was an honor to know him. I shall miss him. Prayers, love and hugs to his wife and family.

Dr. Tucker delivered me the year after he started practicing in East Point. He removed my tonsils, gave me my first stitches and many pencillin shots - often in the middle of the night. One of the stories of my childhood is being a sick baby in the middle of the night and my parents calling Doctor Tucker. He arrived and looked at me - I immediately being to laugh and play with his tie - humiliating my parents. Doctor Tucker just said "Don't worry about it - that's why I'm here - Call me anytime you think you need me!" He was a truly dedicated and caring doctor.

Linda Merideth

I am one of the many airline pilots whom Dr. Tucker kept healthy and flying. Having grown up in a doctor's household I also recognized him as an outstanding physician and humanitarian.

Best wishes to all the family.

My deepest sympathy to the Tucker family. Dr Tucker was my FAA doctor for many years.

HE WILL BE MISSED. RETIRED DELTA CAPTAIN

Dr.Tucker conducted FAA 1st. class physicals for me and my brother for many years.Great fellow and always a gentleman for sure.Capt Ray Harcourt, Delta retired

He was a great friend to many many Delta Pilots. All shall miss him

We offer our sympathies to the Tucker Family at this time. Many people that come to the Historical Society come to reminisce and relive their past in East Point and Dr. Tucker is so often a part of their recollections and stories. He will be well remembered and admired for a long, long time to come.

Dr. Tucker was a friend of my Dad, Harry Ewing and our families go back to Meadowbrook CC in the early 1950s. Dr. Tucker patched me with stitches and bandages from all scrapes and falls as a busy East Point boy. He conducted my physical for college in 1967.

Warmest regards to his family.

HJ Ewing
Alpharetta

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My thoughts and prayers are with Dr. Tuckers family. He was our family doctor for so many years. He would always take as much time as you needed of him. We were talking of him just last week. The Sowell family will always remember him as a fine doctor.