Obit:  Elmer Lee Tackel, Franklin Parish, LA
Submitted by Shirley Ashley <shirla@vsta.com>
 
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The Franklin Sun--- Winnsboro, Louisiana
August 30, 2000---Page  5A
Volume 144---- No. 3
 
Elmer Lee Tackel
 
Funeral services for Elmer Lee Tackel, 90, of Gilbert were held Tuesday at 
First Baptist Church of Gilbert with the Rev. Woodson McGuffie, the Rev. Neal 
Raborn and the Rev. Keith Stephens officiating.
 
Interment followed at South Central Cemetery under the direction of Community 
Memorial Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
 
Mr. Tackel died Sunday, August 27, 2000 at Sulphur after an extended illness.  
He was a resident of Franklin Parish, a member of First Baptist Church of Gilbert, 
a Mason, a Shriner, VFW and the Gilbert City Council.  He had held various jobs 
including construction work, farming, school bus driver, bookkeeper and retired 
from the State Highway Department as a welder.
 
Survivors include his wife, Marguerite Tackel of Gilbert; son, Elmer Tackel Jr. 
of Gilbert; daughter, Patsy  McFatter of Westlake; sister, Bernice Oatman of 
Ben, Oregon; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild, nieces and nephews.