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Submitted: 9/1/11 • Approved: 9/3/11 • Last Updated: 7/24/12 • R582953-G0-S3
US Army Air Forces
World War II
February 19, 1919 - October 9, 2008
*Obituary Pine Bluff Commercia October 12, 2008
SHERIDAN — Algeon Lester Stuckey of Sheridan, Ark, was born Feb 19, 1919, in Sheridan, the son of the late Jesse and Olive Rutherford Stuckey. He died at his home on Oct 9, 2008, at the age of 89. He was a 1936 graduate of Sheridan High School. He served from 1942-45 in the Army Air Force (Western Pacific) during World War II. He served on a B-24 Liberator as a gunner and as a radio operator on 55 bombing missions. He also trained new recruits. He was chosen to serve on the crew that brought the first combat plane back to the States after VJ Day. He retired as State Director of the US Dept of Agriculture (ASCS) after serving in the Drew County (Monticello) office measuring cotton with a chain. He also served as office manager for Grant, Miller and Saline counties and then advanced to district director for Southwest Arkansas. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Sheridan where he attended the Jack Williams Sunday School Class.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his two brothers, Monroe Stuckey of Monticello and Frank Stuckey of Little Rock. Survivors: Wife, Zelma Rita Jacks Stuckey, of the home, whom he married Aug 22, 1950; son, Paul and wife Carol Stuckey of Bentonville; daughter, Kay and husband Tommy Willard of Texarkana; grandsons, Shawn and Michael Willard of Texarkana; granddaughters, Rachel Stuckey of Jackson, Miss, and Rebecca Stuckey of Bentonville.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm, Monday, Oct 13, 2008, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev Bruce Bennett and the Rev Ross Stuckey officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Sheridan. Visitation will be held Monday from 1:00 - 2:30 pm, also at the church. The church is located at 100 East Church Street in Sheridan, just off of Hwy 167. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, C/O Building Fund, PO Box 357, Sheridan, Ark, 72150 or Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, Ark, 72202.
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