

She was “old school”, respected and loved by teachers and students. High (Smyrna, TN), Wacoochee, Beulah (AL), completing her public-school career at Opelika Middle School. She taught science at Thurman Francis Jr. After the birth of Kim and Kris, she made her home in Auburn, AL for the next 46 years. In 1972 she gave birth to their first daughter, Jan, to be followed in 1975 by Miki and twins, Kim and Kris in 1977. After earning her bachelor’s degree at Middle Tennessee State, Pat and Charlie were married in Murfreesboro, TN on July 3, 1970. While at Martin she met lifelong friends and it was in 1962 that she met her husband, Charlie. She enrolled in Martin Methodist College to study biology and education. She was treasurer of her senior class and a Daughter of the American Revolution. In high school she played basketball, lettering all four years alongside her sister, Linda Tucker, and coached by her father Clifton “CC” and mother Ruth “Dot” Tucker. She attended Rockvale elementary, middle, and high schools, graduating in 1962. She was born on November 9, 1944, in Murfreesboro, TN and grew up in the small community of Rockvale. Patsy Ann (Tucker) Reeder, 78, of Auburn, AL passed away peacefully on January 24, 2023, at home with her husband of 52 years, Charlie, by her side.
