Article Category: Citizen of the Month

Abigail Heizer, a Tucker resident and rising Junior at Greater Atlanta Christian School, has been a Girl Scout since she was 5. Over the years, she completed her Girl Scout Bronze and Silver Awards, and is currently focused on earning her Gold Award. The Gold Award is the highest and most prestigious award that a…

We would like to nominate Joe and Carole Kilpatrick as The Tucker Citizen(s) of the month! We have known and worked closely with them since 2003. We met them with the reopening of the Drayton Woods Recreation Club. Joe and Carole moved to the Tucker Community in the early 1970s from Decatur into the newly…

Girl Scout Troop 14567 in Tucker is small but mighty. Starting with a troop of about twenty as Daisy Scouts in Kindergarten, the remaining three girls – Gnouma, Leslie, and Lily – are now rising high school sophomores here in Tucker. They recently earned their Silver Award—the second highest award for the Girl Scouts of…

Destini Copeland is a woman who contributes to the community of Tucker. She is a woman who gives back to the community that helped mold her. Growing up, Destini was part of the Tucker community participating in the Tucker Football League cheerleading youth program. Now this extraordinary woman is a great role model pouring her…

Having the privilege of working with this servant-leader has been amazing. You are always greeted with a “Hi there.” Then you notice the beautiful person before you with a radiant smile, eyes that really see you, ears to listen to your thoughts and an unbelievable caring heart. She is quick to listen and slow to…

One of my absolute favorite things about Tucker is the tremendous amount of community and civic involvement from our citizens. Scott Hartman’s dedication to the City of Tucker and his volunteer work exemplifies his commitment to making Tucker a better place and is worthy of recognition of Citizen of the Month. Scott grew up just…

Vicki Warren richly deserves recognition as Tucker’s Citizen of the Month. To quote Woody Allen, “80 percent of success in life is just showing up.” Vicki not only shows up, she does terrific stuff. Here are just a few of the places Vicki has shown up: Parks and GreenspacesShe’s a faithful volunteer at workdays at…

I would like to nominate Whitney Teyf as Tucker’s Citizen of the Month. Whitney moved to Tucker with her family partly because her husband Khanan grew up in Tucker and attended the Tucker schools. When they started their family, it just made sense to move “home” and make their place in the community. Whitney quickly…

I would like to nominate Honey Van de Kreke for Citizen of the Month. Honey has done so much for the City of Tucker and our community as a whole. She is a lifelong resident of Tucker, graduated from Tucker High School and now lives in the Smoke Rise neighborhood. She raised her family and…

Tucker is full of amazing volunteers and citizens that enhance our community on a daily basis. Katherine Atteberry is one that, for years, has quietly added her sunshine without expectation of recognition. Katherine was a big cityhood supporter and organized the December 2014 event on Main Street when Santa brought Tucker it’s successful feasibility study…

We would like to nominate our mother, Ruth Fruit, for Tucker Citizen of the Month. We can’t think of anyone that loves and supports and is prouder of Tucker than our mom. There’s good reason for her pride: our Tucker family roots date back to 1820 and she’s lived through the changes of this community…

This month we’d like to feature the Tucker Historical Society as our Citizen of the Month. It is through their hard work at preservation and their long familial history that the story of Tucker will be remembered. As the guardians of Tucker’s history, they are of utmost importance for the community’s future as well and…