JoAnn Tucker Laster (age 69)

Chattanooga/Knoxville – JoAnn Tucker Laster, of Chattanooga/Knoxville, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2020 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga TN. She was born August 23, 1951 in Knoxville, TN to the late Jodie Thomas Tucker and Cora Mae Tucker. She was preceded in death by Jodie Thomas Tucker, Sister Patricia Tucker, Doris Parker, Brother, Melvin Tucker.

She leaves to cherish her memory, Daughter, Hope Michelle Laster, Mother, Cora Mae Tucker, Brothers, Micheal Parker, Thomas (Tawana) Tucker, Knoxville, TN; Sisters, Gwen-Chaney-Miller, Charlotte Fletcher, Knoxville, TN, Shelia (Larry) Blakely, Hattiesburg, MS and Debra Parker, Savannah, GA, a host of many nieces, nephews, great-nieces/nephews cousins, and many devoted friends.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, December 27, 2020 from 1-2 p.m. with the Celebration of Life Service to begin at 2 p.m at the Unity Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Willie Paul of the New Horizon Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN officiating. The final resting place will be at Mt. Olive Cemetery immediately following the Celebration. Mrs. Laster will lie-in-repose on Saturday, December 26, 2020 from 1 – 5 p.m. at the Unity Mortuary Chapel. Due to the Covid-19 mandatory guidelines, the family respectfully asks that masks be worn and social distancing be practiced. Unity Mortuary is honored to serve the Laster, Tucker, Miller families.