World War I Veteran
S. H. Tackett of Floydada was buried in Crosbyton Cemetery following 2:30 p.m. Sunday memorial services at City Park Church of Christ in Floydada.
Mr. Tackett was 87.
The Dublin native married Eva Tackett on Oct. 25, 1922, in Lubbock. A retired farmer, he was a World War I veteran and a member of the City Park Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Cleta Ellison of Lubbock; two sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Topete and Opal Evans, both of Tulsa, Okla; four grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
©Crosbyton Review, Dec. 30, 1982
FLOYDADA (Special) — Services for Eva Tackett, 91, of Floydada will be at 2 p.m. today in City Park Church of Christ with Gene McCarty, minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home.
She died Friday, Feb. 18, 1994, in Dimmitt.
She was born on March 31, 1902, in Bessemer, Ala. She married Steven B. Tackett in October 1922 in Lubbock. He preceded her in death. She was a retired cafeteria supervisor for the Floydada Independent School District, and she was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include a daughter, Cleta Ellison of Lubbock; two sisters, Bessie Thornton of Houston and Edna Trimble of New Waverly; four grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and five great great grandchildren.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, February 20, 1994
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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