Obits: Tackett, Cecil Magoffin County, Kentucky Dec. 2006 Submitted by ; Diane Montgomery Parsons http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000062 ********************************************************************* Cecil Tackett 1919-2006 Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m. at the Phelps & Son Funeral Home in Paintsville, Ky., for Cecil Tackett, 87, of Paintsville, who passed away Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa, Ky. Mr. Tackett was born March 1, 1919 in Magoffin County, Ky., son of the late Chat Tackett and Pinola Howard. He was a former custodian at Paintsville Elementary School. He was also preceded in death by five brothers, Jess, Arlie, Neal, Henry and Kennel Tackett; and one sister, Bessie Moore. Surviving are his wife, Ora Haney Tackett of Paintsville; four sons, Willis Woodrow Tackett of Waverly, Ohio, Phillip Roger Tackett of Johnstown, Ohio, Wendell Lee Tackett of Wabash, Ind., and Cecil Curtis Tackett of Paintsville; and 14 grandchildren and several grandchildren. The service will be officiated by Buddy McKenzie, Josh Wright and Eddie Pelphrey, with burial following in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville, Ky. Arrangements under the direction of the Phelps & Son Funeral Home. The Paintsville Herald Newspaper Published: Nov 17, 2006, ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ -