Bob Tucker grew up in Phoenix and graduated from Phoenix Union High School.  He spent some time homesteading and farming a section of land by Tonopah west of Phoenix.   Bob served in the air force.  After the service he graduated from ASU with a degree in agronomy.  In 1954, Bob found his niche selling tires and repairing cars.  He financed his education by owning and operating several Blakely Oil service stations.  Blakely was a locally owned oil company that sold out to Gulf Oil in the early sixties.  Bob never left that business and it is still operating today as Tucker Tire & Auto at 1101 E. Camelback Rd.  Owned and operated by his step son and daughter in- law, Charlie and Pam.