BROWDER – Flossie Myrl Hocker made her celestial transfer to heaven on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 1:38AM at the age of 96.  Flossie was born in Muhlenberg County on June 5, 1930.  She was the fourth child of eleven of the late William Henry Hocker and Angie Etta Ruthie Ellen Abbot Hocker.  She worked all her life at Kanes Manufacturing Co. in Morgantown, Kentucky, as a seamstress.

She was a member of Forest Grove Missionary Baptist Church.  She accepted Christ as her Savior when she was a young teenager.  She walked through the wooded area to church to be faithful in attendance and to support the church. She served as youth leader and bible study teacher.  She was active in upkeep of the church and in later years became a Sunday school teacher of senior adult women’s class.  The church was the center core from which all of her life was stemmed.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William Hocker and Angie Hocker, and all four grandparents.  She was also preceded in death by eight of her siblings:  six brothers, Rev. Earl Hocker, Bobby Hocker, Carl Hocker, Charles William Hocker, Harold Lloyd Hocker, and James A. Garfield Hocker; and two sisters, Edna Mae Hocker and Jewell Pearl Hocker.  In addition, she was preceded in death by her brother-in-law, Charles B. Harrison; three nieces and four nephews.

She is survived by two sisters, Patricia Anne Hardison and Carolynn Harrison-Hocker; one sister-in-law, Linda Hocker; one brother-in-law, Jesse Hardison; six nephews and one niece; and many great-nieces and great-nephews.

Funeral services will be Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 1:00PM at Tucker Funeral Home in Central City, with Rev. Scott Casebier officiating.  Burial in Forest Grove Cemetery in Browder.  Visitation will be Saturday after 10:00AM at the funeral home.  Online condolences may be made at www.tuckerfuneralhomes.com.