Nancy Lee Rucker

Nancy was born to the late John David Baxter and Edna Mae Bast Baxter in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 17, 1932.

She attended Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina. Here she graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor's Degree in Education. Nancy then became a teacher and taught in Atlanta City, Rabun County, and White County schools in Georgia.

Nancy's faith was a tremendous part of her life. She attended Highland ARP Church and West End Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, then East Point Presbyterian Church in East Point, Georgia. She later became a member of Cleveland United Methodist Church in Cleveland, Georgia until she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina and found a home at Plaza Presbyterian Church.

Volunteering was extremely important to Nancy. She volunteered for Meals on Wheels and with Respite Care for Dementia Patients. Nancy was also an avid reader and gardener, amateur naturalist, animal lover and rehabilitator. She loved the outdoors and would spend as much time outside as she could.

Nancy was kind and generous, a gifted teacher, and a lover of all creatures, including humans. She loved history and followed politics all of her life.

She was predeceased by her parents; her sister, Mary Patricia Baxter Banks; husband, Delmer Earl Rucker and grandson, Daniel Robert Gindra.

Nancy is survived by her children, Susan Elizabeth Rucker Gindra (Bob) of Charlotte, North Carolina and David Michael Rucker of Sterling, Massachusetts; grandchildren, David Russell Gindra (Marcus Peterson) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Amelia Esperanza Gindra of Charlotte, North Carolina; sisters-in-law, Joan Rucker Kay and Carolyn Williams Rucker of Greenville, South Carolina; and nieces, Caroline Banks Jones (Levoyd) and Jennifer Banks Bridges and their children.

Memorials can be made in honor of Nancy to any wildlife or animal welfare cause, or to Doctors Without Borders.

Online condolences may be left for the Rucker family at www.mcewenminthillchapel.com.