23-05-2025
Tunnel to Towers gives mortgage-free home to fallen Air Force veteran's family in Fort Walton Beach
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — The family of Air Force Master Sergeant Chrystal Stuckey, who died in 2017 from a service-connected illness, can now live with a roof — not a mortgage — over their head.
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The Tunnel to Towers Foundation provided the family with a mortgage-free home in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, in honor of Memorial Day, according to a Tunnel to Towers news release. The home is one of 25 that the foundation will be giving out to Gold Star families nationwide this holiday.
MSgt. Stuckey came from a military family and followed her father's footsteps, enlisting in the Air Force in 1998. She served in the Air Force for nearly two decades before her death, the release said.
While stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, she met her husband, Deverris.
'We shared the same work ethic, values and morals,' Deverris said of his wife. 'Chrystal was the best wife, mother and friend any man or child could have.'
MSgt. Stuckey was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Air Force Achievement Medal during her service, the release said.
'In tribute to her service, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation ensures that Deverris and their four children now have a forever home that is a testament to MSgt Stuckey's legacy,' the release said.
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The Tunnel to Towers Foundation's Gold Star Family Home Program honors those who have made the ultimate sacrifice by providing the spouses and young children left behind with mortgage-free homes or paying off their mortgages, the release said.
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