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Oak Ridger, The (TN) - Thursday, October 5, 2000
Lucy Tackett Gabbard
Mother of Virginia J. Wallace
Lucy Margaret Tackett Gabbard, 93, of Lexington, Ky., died Friday, Sept. 29, 2000, at the Lexington Center for Health and Rehabilitation.
Born Dec. 7, 1906, in Travelers Rest, Ky., she was the daughter of Joseph Newton and Susie Begley Tackett.
Mrs. Gabbard was the widow of Ree Gabbard, whom she married on July 2, 1925. They celebrated 71 years together before he died Dec. 7, 1996.
Mrs. Gabbard was a homemaker and a partner in all her husband's farming activities. She was a member of the Ida May Bible Church.
She is survived by her daughters, Virginia Josephine Gabbard Wallace and her husband, David Wallace, of Oak Ridge, Betty Ann Furgison and her husband, Richard Furgison, of Batesburg, S.C., and Linda Lou Huff and her husband, Conrad Huff, of Lexington; and two sons, Robert Paul Gabbard and his wife, Rose Marie Gabbard, of Beattyville, Ky., and Jackie Glyn Gabbard and his wife, Lou Gabbard, of Boiling Springs, S.C.
Mrs. Gabbard is also survived by 15 grandchildren, Loretta Noe, Ronald Gabbard and Dennis Gabbard, all of Hamilton, Ohio, Paulette Rennecker of Burnside, Ky., John Paul Gabbard of Versailles, Ky., Donna Smith of Kingston, Cathy Smith of Powell, Robert Wallace of Winchester, Nancy Chrisman of Nashville, Debbie Bobbitt of Sterling, Va., Barbara Steffy of Jacksonville, Fla., Nancy Derajtys of Keller, Texas, Timothy Gabbard of Camden, Ohio, and Thomas Gabbard and Teresa Price, both of Miamisburg, Ohio; and by 29 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Her parents, another son, Loraine Donald Gabbard, and his wife, Pauline Creech Gabbard, died earlier. Ten brothers and three sisters are also deceased.
The funeral was held Sunday, Oct. 1, at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home in Lexington. Hospice chaplain John Rudd, assisted by David Wallace, officiated.
Burial was Monday, Oct. 2, at the Gabbard-Tackett Family Cemetery in Travelers Rest.

Birth	7 Dec 1906	Earnestville, Owsley County, Kentucky
Marriage	2 Jul 1925	Travellers Rest, Owsley County, Kentucky - Ree Gabbard
Death	28 Sep 2000	Fayette County, Kentucky
Alt name		[Daughter] Tackett

Spouse	Ree Gabbard (1903 - 1996)
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Father	Joseph Newton Tackett (1867 - 1929)
Mother	Susan Begley (1867 - 1919)