Lyn Bentley Tucker passed peacefully away on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at Flowers Hospital after a long battle with dementia, she was 88 years old.
Lyn was born in Dothan on September 10, 1936, to Hazard Judson Bentley Sr. and Louise Murphy Bentley. Her parents died when she was 12 years old in a drowning accident in Panama City Beach, Florida. Lyn and her little brother, Hazard Judson Bentley, Jr “Butch”, were raised by their aunt and uncle, Oliver and Regina Bentley. She was a 1954 graduate of Dothan High School. After high school, Lyn attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, where she met the love of her life, Robert Tucker in a biology class. Lyn graduated with a degree in French from Huntingdon College in 1958 and married Robert the same year.
Together they raised a family of four children while both Lyn and Robert pursued their passions for teaching. Lyn taught English, Latin, and French at the high school where Robert taught biology at the college level. They moved to Troy in 1971, and Robert began his teaching career at Troy State University. Lyn began teaching at Houston Academy in Dothan in 1976, making the drive from Troy to Dothan every day. They moved to Dothan in 1983 where Lyn continued teaching at Houston Academy until 2010. She was so proud of the children she taught at Houston Academy and viewed her coworkers as her extended family. After Robert passed in 2001, Lyn spent the rest of her life loving her children and grandchildren.
Lyn is survived by her children, Robert “Bobby” G. Tucker (Joy) of Panama City Beach, FL, Barry (Deanna Olive Tucker) of Dothan, Ann Tucker Baggett of Pensacola, FL, and Samuel B. Tucker (Allison) of Dothan; grandchildren, Trey Tucker, Jackson Tucker, Meredith Tucker Wiley (Conrad), Charles Mitchell Tucker (Erin), Jordan Baggett McKinney (Blake), Henry “Hank” Baggett, Trot Tucker, and Bentley Tucker; great-grandchildren, James Conrad Wiley III, Charleston Mills Tucker, Charlotte McKinney, and Caroline McKinney.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery with Dr. Ben Smith officiating and Glover Funeral Home of Dothan directing.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Houston Academy General Fund, 901 Buena Vista Drive, Dothan, AL 36303.
Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
