Memorial services for Mary Jean Tackett, 61, of Cadiz, will be held at a later date at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West in Hopkinsville. King’s Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Burial will follow in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West, Hopkinsville.

Mrs. Tackett died on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at 3:03 a.m., at Trigg County Hospital, after a long illness.

Mrs. Tackett was born on July 3, 1947, in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Thomas E. and Mary Rebecca Sanford Tyler.

Mrs. Tackett was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Charles R. Tackett, Cadiz, one son and daughter in law, Charles R. “Chuck” Tackett, Jr. and Amanda M. Tackett, Columbia, TN,

Two brothers, Thomas E. Tyler, Brooks, KY, James M. Tyler, Murray, KY, one sister, Margaret Dunn, Murray, KY, two grandchildren, Kaylee Elizabeth Tackett, Columbia, TN, and Dylan Tyler Tackett, Columbia, TN.