Jerry Tucker, co-founder of Casey County ministries to help needy children, dies at 85

Jerry Tucker, co-founder of Casey County ministries to help needy children, dies at 85

Jerry Tucker, who with his wife, Sandy, created in 1974 a haven for abused and severely handicapped children in the rolling hills of Casey County, died Tuesday. He was 85. Tucker’s granddaughter, Sandi Davidson, who is treasurer/secretary of the ministries, said her grandfather died in his apartment in the Main Hall on the Ministries’ campus south of Liberty. He had been in ill health for several months. President George H.W. Bush nationally rec…