He is survived by his wife, Dethoria Jenkins Staples; his mother, Mary Staples Jackson; his step-dad, Cye Jackson; his daughter, Blondie Tucker Staples; his sister, Magnolia Clark Sudduth (Walter) ; his brothers, Joel Rolling (Christina) , and Arthur Gillespie (Sandra); one granddaughter, Camilla Tucker; a special brother, Gary Bell; special friends; Angie Riley, Rick Chandler; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.