William Maxey ‘Bill’ Rucker, formerly of Niles
Dec. 4, 1944 — June 19, 2019
Niles Daily Star, Published 8:43 am Monday, June 24, 2019
Dec. 4, 1944 — June 19, 2019
William Maxey “Bill” Rucker, 74, formerly of Niles, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in his home.
Bill was born in Munfordville, Kentucky to the late Johnny Clifton Rucker and Lucille Russell Warder. He was a roofing contractor and the city code enforcement officer for Munfordville.
Bill was a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the Munfordville Church of God, the Munfordville Volunteer Fire Department where he served as Chaplain, the Hart County Rescue Squad and the KY Federation of Fire Chaplains.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Tyree Rucker; five brothers, Pete, Johnny, Chester, Paul David and Bobby Rucker; and two sisters, Marietta Waldeck and Gayle Frazier.
Bill is survived by three daughters, Paula Gayle Rucker, of Munfordville, Jennifer Lynn Rucker and Kimberly Jean Tisdale, both of Niles; two sons, William Bryan Rucker and Jason Matthew Rucker, both of Niles; one brother, Roy “George” Rucker, of Munfordville; two sisters, Virginia Grady, of Louisville, Kentucky, and Dorothy Crain, of Horse Cave, Kentucky. Forty grandchildren and great-grandchildren also survive.
Visitation will be at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2019, Halbritter-Wickens Funeral Home, 615 E. Main St., Niles. Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in the Funeral Home. Burial with full military honors will follow in Silverbrook
Cemetery.
The family request that memorial contributions be given to Gideon Bibles.
Condolences for the family may be made at halbritterwickens.com.