Long-time Mount Vernon resident Greg Rucker recently died after a battle with cancer, leaving behind family including two children, friends and the Mount Vernon community he called home for most of his life. There is a memorial service at the Franconia Moose Lodge on Saturday, Nov. 23. 

Greg Rucker was a long-time resident of Hybla Valley, steps away from the eastern side of Huntley Meadows park where he frequently walked his dogs and got away from busy Richmond Highway. Greg liked the beach, skiing, football, hanging out in Mount Vernon and following the Washington Nationals baseball team. He was an alumnus of Groveton High School and will be missed by many.

Greg followed in his father's footsteps and ran his own lunch wagon for over 25 years. Every weekday morning he got up at 4 a.m., cooked pizza, made sandwiches and stocked up his truck and then went out on his route around Mount Vernon, Fairfax County and Alexandria sites selling his food to construction workers etc. He made a name for himself in the lunch wagon business and many workers looked forward to his truck arriving during the breakfast and lunch hours at the work site.