Betty Odessa TACKETT
1937 - 1989 (52 years)-
Name Betty Odessa TACKETT Birth 14 Jan 1937 Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi 
Gender Female Death 31 Aug 1989 Great Falls, Cascade, Montana [1] Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Shelby, Toole, Montana [2] 
Siblings4 brothers and 1 sister Person ID I16565 bmds Last Modified 27 May 2022
Father Pon Alvia TACKETT d. Bef 2010 Mother Mary BRASWELL d. Bef 2010 Family ID F6742 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William Henry SKINNER, b. 30 Jul 1932, Shelby, Toole, Montana (Age 91 years) [3] Marriage 4 Nov 1973 Minter City, Leflore, Mississippi Age at Marriage Betty : 36 years old | William : 41 years old. Family ID F6152 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 14 Jan 1937 - Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi 
Marriage - 4 Nov 1973 - Minter City, Leflore, Mississippi 
Death - 31 Aug 1989 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana 
Burial - - Mountain View Cemetery, Shelby, Toole, Montana Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S4] Obituary.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Shelby for Betty Odessa Skinner, 52, of Lothair, who died Sept. 1 in a Great Falls Hospital after a lengthy illness. Conducting the service was the Rev. Aaron Lewis. Musicians included pianist Brian Lewis, vocal soloist Lou Ellen Wanken and the Men’s Quartet. Pallbearers were John Fransen, Marvin Atkins, Marvin, Jerry Kennedy, Dan Zachary and Dwayne Irvin, and Ray Buechler was honorary pallbearer. Burial was in Mountainview Cemetery.
She was born Jan. 14, 1937, in Yazoo City, Miss., where she grew up. She attended college in North Carolina. She came to Montana in the early 1970s, and married Bill Skinner in November 1973. She was a piano teacher and active in church and civic groups. Survivors include her husband of Lothair; her mother, Mary Tackett of Yazoo City; a stepdaughter; four brothers; and a sister.
— Shelby Promoter (MT), Sept 1989.
- [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 89586354.
- [S2] Newspaper.
Miss Tackett plans wedding to Mr. Skinner
Mrs. Pots Alvia Tackett of Minter City, announces the engagement of her daughter, Betty Odessa Tackett, to William Henry Skinner of Lothair, Mont., and the late Mr. Skinner.
The bride-elect, the daughter of the late Mr. Tackett, attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., Mississippi College in Clinton and the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
The prospective bridegroom attended Northern State College in Bozeman, Mont. He has farming interests in Lothair.
The wedding will be at two o’clock in the afternoon on Nov. 4, at the First Baptist Church in Minter City. Invitations are not being sent locally, relatives and friends are invited to attend the ceremony.
— The Greenwood Commonwealth, Greenwood, Mississippi, 4 Oct 1973.
- [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 89586354.
- [S4] Obituary.
