Merle Tuck "Tuck" George Marks

Visitation for Merle "Tuck" Marks will be held at Mish Funeral Home (120 Minner Ave.) on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 from 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 1st at 11:00 a.m. in the Mish Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Rick Prevost of Fellowship Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.

Tuck was a self-employed heavy equipment operator and a member of Operating Engineers. He loved golf and gardening. He was a loving husband and devoed father. There wasn't anything he wouldn't do for his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Janet Marks.

He is survived by his daughter, Kim Marks; son and daughter-in-law, Kyle and Debra Marks; two grandchildren, Eric and Melissa Eaton; step grandson, Chris McNaughton; one great grandson, A.J. Eaton; sisters, Lewatha Ming; Joyce Mehlberg; Janet Emerson; and Jeanetta Hogan. He wil be deeply missed by all that knew him.

Arrangements under the direction of Mish Funeral Home, Bakersfield, CA.