Minnie Marie Thacker

Minnie Marie Thacker, age 82, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2019 at Pikeville Medical Center.  Marie was born on Feb. 28, 1937 to her parents the late Tom Tibbs and Alice Stevens Tibbs.  Marie was the wife of Chester Thacker, a homemaker, and a member of the Grassy Freewill Baptist Church.     Along with her parents, Minnie was preceded in death by one infant daughter, Lisa Thacker, three brothers, Arvid, Estil, and Elster Tibbs, and three sisters, Mary Scott, Dolly Keene, and Cora Mullins.     Along with her husband, Marie is survived by one son, Marty (Janet) Thacker, four daughters, Cathy Thacker, Carol (Danny) Lester, Melissa Thacker, Mary Thacker, one brother, Ira (Hazel) Tibbs, three grandsons, Marty Nathaniel Thacker, Ethan Maxwell Thacker, and Timothy Daniel Lester, and a host of loving family and friends.     Visitation will be Tuesday at 6p.m. at the Lucas & Son Funeral Home.  The funeral will be Wednesday October 23, 2019 at 12 noon at the Lucas & Son Funeral Home with Lester Tibbs officiating.  Burial will follow in the R.H. Ratliff Cemetery.