MALDEN, Mo. -- Jackie Don Tackett. 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, July 4, 2018, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell.
He was born July 5, 1942, in Gideon, Mo. He was a member of the Fellowship General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, former deacon at the First Southern Baptist Church in Gideon and a former member of America Legion -- Gideon #324 and a past member of the Kiwanis Club in Gideon.
He had been a member of the U.S. Army National Guard. He was retired bookkeeper for Gideon Anderson and also from the Box Plant.
He married Sharon June Stanley Sept. 4, 1965, in Malden,Mo. She preceded him in death March 31, 2013.
His parents were the late Lawrence M. and Lue Moore Page Tackett.
Survivors are a son, Jeff Tackett and wife Lisa of Poplar Bluff; sister, Leona Ring of Bernie, Mo.; and a grandchild, Kalie Tackett of Poplar Bluff.
Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, at the Fellowship General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff until the funeral at 11 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with military rites.
Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden is in charge of arrangements.
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