DELILAH TACKETT
1880-1960

Delilah Tackett
Rites Conducted Here Sunday

Mrs. Delilah Tackett, 80-year-old resident of Staffordsville, died in a
local hospital at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 24, 1960 following an illness
of several months.

The daughter of the late John H. and Ellen Boggs Osborne, she was born
March 23, 1880, at Staffordsville and had been a lifelong resident of
that community.  She was a member of the Pentecostal Church.

She was preceded in death six years ago by her husband, Sam Tackett.

Survivors include three sons, Flem Tackett, Springfield, Ohio; Ray
Tackett of this city; Dennie Tackett, Staffordsville; four daughters,
Mrs. Homer McFaddin of this city; Mrs. Bill Blair, West Van Lear; Mrs.
Ray Kitchen, Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Hollie Conley, Staffordsville; three
sisters, Bertha Osborne and Lille Osborne, both of Volga; Bessie Hyden,
Dayton, Ohio.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday from the Third
Street Freewill Baptist Church with Cline Salyer, Arthur Ramey, C. C.
Hall and Claude Preston as officiating ministers. Music was by the
Paintsville Quartet.

Burial was in the family cemetery at Staffordsville.

Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
2-29-1960 

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