Tackett.Curtis.1966.Lewis-Floyd-Pike.OBIT
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Curtis Tackett December 25, 1966 
Lewis-Floyd-Pike County KyArchives Obituaries 

Lewis Co. Herald  1966 
LEWIS COUNTIAN, 36, FATHER OF 12 DIES 
CURTIS TACKETT 

Stricken with a heart  seizure shortly after 4 a.m, Christmas morning, Curtis 
Tackett, 36-year-old father og 12 children, the youngest just 3 months of age, 
died at his home in the Garrison community of Lewis County. 
Dr. H. M. Bertram Sr., Lewis County coroner, conducted an inquest yesterday 
and attributed the death of a coronary occlusion. 
An employ of the maintenance crew in Lewis County of the State Highway 
Department, Mr. Tackett was held in high regard by all of his co-workers and 
was admired for his industriousness. News of his untimely death will be 
learned with deepest regret 
Mr. Tackett was born June 8, 1930 in Pike County and was a son of the late 
Will and Martha Music Tackett. 
Surviving are his wife Mrs. Julia Hammonds Tackett;  the 12 children, Judith 
19, Sharon 17, Lee 16, Bertha Faye 14, Brenda 11, Shela Mae 9, Betty Marie 8, 
Sandy 7, Johnny Ray 6, Barbara 3, Edith 2, and Mary Ruth 3 months; one 
granddaughter, Annette; six brothers, Mid, Glenn and Clarence Tackett, all of 
Garrison; Rans Tackett, of Bucyrus, Ohio, Acie Tackett, of Beaver Creek, Ky., 
and Junior Tackett of Elkton, De.; four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Thornsberry of 
Beaver Creek, Ky., Mrs. Vertie Emmert, and Mrs. Goldie Mashburn, both of 
Detroit, Mich. and Mrs. Marie DePrima, of Rochester, N.Y. 
Services will be  conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bivens Chapel at Red Brush, 
near Garrison. Rev. Robie Erwin will officiate and burial will follow in 
Skidmore Cemetery, near Garrison. 
Friends may call at the Clarence Tackett home in Garrison. 
Arrangements are under the direction of the Dickerson Funeral Home, Vanceburg. 



Submitted by: Elsa Tackett 
elsa@ekns.net 




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