GAYLE WAS BORN BORN OCTOBER 14TH 1954 IN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA TO RUTH ANNABELLE BARKLEY AND WILLIAM EDWARD HODGE. GAYLE ATTENDED LOCKE ELEMENTARY, GRADUATED FROM OVERBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR 3 YEARS OBTAINING HER ASSOCIATES AS  A CERTIFIED RESPIRATORY TECHNICIAN. SOME YEARS LATER SHE WENT ON TO RECEIVE A DEGREE AS A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT.

GAYLE WORKED AT GRADUATE HOSPITAL, HOLY FAMILY HOME, CARE PAVILLION, MAPLEWOOD MANOR, AND NEWCOURTLAND AS A CNA. GAYLE LOVED HELPING PEOPLE AND TAKING CARE OF THOSE THAT NEEDED TRUE TLC. GAYLE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT AND WAS PROUD OF HER FAMILY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND. THE TUCKER FAMILY HAD THERE OWN LAND IN GRETNA VIRGINIA WITH A FARM, A SLAB HOUSE, CEMETARY, A ROAD NAMED AFTER THE TUCKERS, AND DECENTANTS OF BLACKFOOT AND CHEROKEE BACKGROUND.

GAYLE LOVED WORD SEARCH PUZZLES, MUSIC, MOVIES, SMELL GOODS, JEWELRY, BEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHOPPING (ESPECIALLY WITH HER DAUGHTER LETOIA), CRABS, SEAFOOD AND A ICED COLD PEPSI. 

GAYLE MARRIED HER HUSBAND ANDRE IN 1991 AND MOVED TO THE BOTTOM. ANDRE AND GAYLE RENEWED THEIR VOWS IN 2010, TRAVELED TO JAMAICA A FEW TIMES, AND ENJOYED ENTERTAINING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 

GAYLE WAS PRECCEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER AND FATHER, AND BROTHER KENNETH.

LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY: HER HUSBAND ANDRE, SON: STEVEN. DAUGHTERS: LETOIA, NAKIA. PLAY DAUGHTERS: LISA, GENIECE, LAUREN, TIFFANY, AND NATAYLA. GRANDCHILDREN: SHYMEIR RICHBURG (ANGELINA), PHONTAINE ROBINSON, KHANIQUE COWANS, GHAVIER, SAMIRA, LERIC, SIYDAH, KHQAI, KACE, KENMARI, GREATGRANDS: FAITH (RIP), AND KY'LAI, AND FRANKIE SISTERS: ALISA, OLIVIA, AND KAT. BROTHER: WILLIAM. COUSINS: IZETTA AND CEPHAS. NIECES: MARTITA, TANISHA, AND CHARDAE, NEPHEWS: MICHEAL, DARRYL, DONTAY, AND CHRISTOPER A HOST OF IN LAWS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS.