Theodore Douglas Tackett, 71, of St. Albans, passed away Monday, February 20, 2023, at Cabell Huntington Hospital, after a short illness. He was born July 31, 1951 in South Charleston, West Virginia, the son of Theodore E. and Clara C. (Harless) Tackett. He graduated from Greene County (Ohio) Career Center in 1972 where he studied tool and machine design. But after a few years in that trade he went into the trucking business for himself, and for the past several years had primarily ran his own trucking company.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore E. and Clara C. (Harless) Tackett, his sister, Betty Jean (Tackett) and her husband, Cloyd Combs, and his brother, Donald Lloyd and his wife, Marjorie (Voles) Tackett, and a close friend, Miss Diana Lynn Baldwin.
Douglas is survived by his two sisters, Juanita Carol (Tackett) Smith (Clarence Robert) of Scott Depot, WV and Brenda Joy (Tackett) White (Clifford Eugene) of Xenia, OH; Brittany Kay Wood (Wesley) of Hurricane, WV, who he loved as if she was his own daughter and her children, Christopher, Ryan, Tyler, and Justin.
Nieces, Paula Lynn Tackett, of Clinton, TN
Valerie Ann Workman, of St. Albans, WV
Lisa Gail Brodbeck (Steve) of Carrollton, TX
Kimberly King (Joe) of St. Albans, WV
Monica Painter (Larry) of TN
Nephews, Donald Tackett Jr. of St. Albans, WV
Bryan Smith of Ft. Wayne, IN
Todd Smith (Ann) of Scott Depot, WV
Eric Smith of Scott Depot, WV
Clifford White II (Tracie) of Colorado Springs, CO
David White (Teri) of Columbus, IN
Aunts & Uncles, Garland & Eva Mae Harless of St. Albans, WV
Kaye Hudson of Dunbar, WV
Double Cousins, Herman Harless of St. Albans, WV
Lana (Harless) Meddings (Donny) of St. Albans, WV
Connie (Harless) White of St. Albans, WV
Bonnie Harless of St. Albans, WV
And many other cousins, as Douglas was one of seventy (70) grandchildren.
Service will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek with Minister Jimmy Dunlap officiating. Burial will follow at Midkiff Cemetery, Sumerco. Friends and family will gather one hour prior to the service at the funeral home
He will be missed he was a friend indeed for me rlp Doug
Our condolences to the family. Doug was our next door neighbor for ~42 years. I got a knock on my door at the end of January to help as he had fallen in his doorway, and CR needed help getting Doug in the van. Little did we know that later he would be called home. He was a good person/neighbor and would help me over the years, while he was able, when I worked on my cars. He was always tinkering with his trucks till his health would not allow him to do so, yet he continued to drive. He will be sorely missed. Bill, Faith Moss and family, 308 Winfield Road, Saint Albans, WV 25177