She was born and reared in Owensboro, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Girda and lillie Horton Fulkerson. In 1940 she married Raymond R. Fulkerson. Mr. Fulkerson was a Church of Christ Minister and they made their home in Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, Oklahoma and Tennessee. They moved to Henderson in 1987 to be near their son Gerald.
She is survived by her husband, Raymond Riggs Fulkerson; two sons Dr. Gerald Fulkerson of Kansas City, MO and Ron Fulkerson of California; three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.