Obituary

Opal Violet Thacker
(September 12, 1916 - July 8, 2011)

OPAL VIOLET THACKER, 94, of Huntington, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 8, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, July 11, 2011, at 3 p.m. at the Reger Funeral Home by Pastor Randy Lavender. Burial will follow at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Wayne, W.Va. Opal was born Sept. 12, 1916, in Wayne County, W.Va., the daughter of the late O' Jennings Smith and Meda Allen Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Pearley Estil Thacker; and six brothers and two sisters. She was a homemaker and a member of the Jackson Avenue Church of God Holiness and a FAITHFUL Christian. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Chapman; and four grandchildren, Susan Perdue, Stanley Chapman, Sheldon Chapman and Shawn Chapman; and 11 great-grandchildren, Brittany, Ashley, Robert and Ethan Perdue, Andrew, Hannah, Joshua, Alexander, Hunter and Noah Chapman, and Cheyenne Arbogast; and one great-great-grandchild, James Sperry. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Reger Funeral Home. Contributions may be made to Jackson Avenue Church of God Holiness.