Brian Keith Tucker was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on November 15, 1969, the son of Kenneth Wayne Tucker and Brenda Franks Austin. He graduated from Chester County High School in 1988.
August 2, 1988, he entered basic training in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He trained as a satellite and microwave radio operator at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Brian Keith served in Panama, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and was later discharged on March 9, 1992. After his service in the military, he was employed with Allsteel in Jackson, Tennessee, an over the road trucker with CRST, had worked for River City Concrete, Auto Tech, Shaw Concrete, Triple H Backhoe, LLC.
Brian Keith is survived by his parents, Tommy and Brenda Austin of Henderson, Tennessee; sisters, Tanya Austin Harwell and her husband Shane; niece, Lexi Skye Harwell; nephew, Hunter Chase Harwell; special uncle and aunt, Johnny and Diane Bellis; special cousins, Hunter and Caden Bellis; and a host of other cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Wayne Tucker and his grandparents, Lois L. Tucker, Vera Davidson Tucker, Eliza Franks, and Clifford Franks.