Mrs. Lizzie M. Tackett, 73, of Staffordsville, died Wednesday, January 10 at her home following an illness of several weeks; she was affiliated with the United Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late W. R. and Julia McFarlin Blanton. Immediate survivors include her husband, F. M. Tackett, Sr., three sons, F. M. Tackett, Jr., of Paintsville, Jack Tackett of Staffordsville, and Emory E. Tackett of Opp, AL, two daughters, Mrs. Jewell McKenzie of Piketon, OH, and Mrs. Mable Picklesimer of Thornsville, OH, and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie McKenzie of Manila, and Mrs. Beulah Lemaster of Prestonsburg. Funeral services were conducted by Florida Lyons and Arnold Reed on Friday, January 12 at 1 p.m. in the Paintsville United Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville under direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, January 17, 1973