Henry Owen Rucker

HENRY OWEN RUCKER, 78, BORN MARCH 7TH 1947 OF FORT WORTH TX, PASSED AWAY MARCH 9TH, 2025. PEACEFULLY WITH FAMILY BY HIS SIDE, HE WAS A DEVOTED DAD, A HARD WORKER AND AN AMAZING PAWPAW, MY DAD HAD ENDURED MANY HEALTH ISSUES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, EVEN WITH THESE ISSUES, HE STILL DEDICATED ALL OF HIS FREE TIME TO BASS FISHING, MY DAD FISHED FOR 60 YEARS, AND WAS VERY GOOD AT IT, HE WON MANY TOURNEMANTS AND WAS WELL KNOWN TO THE FISHING COMMUNITY, HE PURCHASED THE BOAT OF HIS DREAMS 1 YEAR AFTER HIS STROKE AND WAS TO SAY THE LEAST DETERMEND TO FISH IN IT, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO FUFILL THIS DREAM ON EARTH, HOWEVER I KNOW WITH ALL MY HEART HE IS FISHING HIS HEART OUT UP HIGH IN THE SKY. MY DAD WAS THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IVE EVER SEEN, HE BUILT A BUSINESS AND AN AMAZING CLIENTELE, THAT HAD TUNED INTO MANY LONGTERM FRIENDSHIPS, HE HAD NO ENEMIES AND WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK TO ANYONE IN NEED. HE WAS BORN IN FORT WORTH TEXAS TO ANNE AND STALLINGS RUCKER AND GRADUATED FROM CARTER RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS SURVIVED HIS DAUGHTER TERESIA BYNUM, SISTER LINDA KOWENA, LONG TIME COMPANION BONNIE CANTU, HIS EX WIFE JANIE RUCKER, GRANDSONS DUSTIN RUCKER, SHEA THOMPSON AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINA, GRANDDAUGHER HANNAH DUNCAN HODGES AND HER HUSBAND BRANDON, GRANDDAUGHER HAYLEA DUNCAN BAILEY AND HER HUSBAND JERAMY. HIS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, KAYLEA, KELLIN, KOLSON, PARKER, STELLA RAE, WYATT OWEN, LANDON AND SAWYER. A SLEW OF AUNTS, UNCLES, AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS THAT HE WAS VERY CLOSE TOO.
HE WAS PROCEDED BY DEATH OF HIS SWEET DAUGTHER RAY LYNN RUCKER, PARENTS ANNE AND STALLINGS RUCKER, CLEM KOWENA, DEBBIE FULFER.
HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS AN AMAZING BASS FISHERMAN, A WONDER FATHER, A HARD TO THE CORE WORKER AND AN AMAZING FRIEND TO MANY. HE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED.
THE VIEWING WILL BE TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2025 FROM 6 TO 8PM. AT FOREST RIDGE FUNERAL HOME MEMORIAL PARK CHAPEL 8525 MID CITIES BLVD, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS 76182.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH FROM 12 TO 1PM. AT FOREST RIDGE FUNERAL HOME MEMORIAL PARK CHAPEL 8525 MID CITIES BLVD, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS 76182.
HE WILL BE LAID TO REST ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH AT 2PM AT BLUEBONNET HILLS MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, 5725 COLLEYVILLE BLVD, COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS 76034
HE WILL BE LAID TO REST IN THE GARDEN WITH MY SWEET SISTER.