Warren "Biggie" Deitrick Tucker

Warren D. “Biggie” Tucker, 96, died peacefully early Tuesday, February 6, 2018 in his home at Atlantic Shores in Virginia Beach. He was born at home in Ocean View on June 9, 1921 to the late Addie James Parkerson Tucker and Wallace Upton Tucker. He never lived less than a few blocks from the beach where he enjoyed boating, fishing and visiting with friends. After attending Maury High School, he volunteered to serve in the U.S. Navy during WWII and came home to work at the Naval Air Reworks Facility as an Aeronautical Examiner. He and his brother enjoyed various activities, such as building and racing hydroplanes. After retiring, he and his wife owned the Reef Lounge and Ocean Eddie’s Seafood Restaurant. He was a member of Bayside Lodge No. 218 for almost 50 years as well as the Norfolk Valley of the Scottish Rite, the Khedive Shrine, the Order of the Quetzalcoatl and the Virginia Beach Shrine Club. He was also a founding member and former Captain of the Mini-18 Wheelers.

Biggie leaves his wife, Betty Lachman Tucker, who has been the love of his life for twenty eight years. He is survived by his daughter, Debbie Lou and her husband Jeff Hague. His grandchildren, James Tucker Hague, Parkerson Bruner Hague, and William Baxter Hague brought him great joy and will miss him dearly. He is also survived by his daughter, Cindy Edwards of Raleigh, NC; sister, Jane “Sue” Wright of Richmond and her children, Julie Riley and Wayne Wright; nephew, Richard Tucker and cousins Gary, Kim and Scooter Cromwell and Butch Parkerson.

There will be a graveside service at 11am, Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Rosewood Memorial Park with a visitation one hour prior at Rosewood Kellum Funeral Home where Masonic rites will be rendered at 10:30am. Both funeral home and cemetery grounds are on site. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Khedive Shrine Transportation Fund, Khedive Shrine, 645 Woodlake Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23330 or online at https://khediveshrine.org/shop/khedive-transportation-fund/. Thank you to Dr. Cajulis and all others who cared for him during the last few years. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.kellumfuneralhome.com.