Starkville; Clarksdale
Funeral Home
Visitation
10-11 am, Tuesday, August 20, 2024, First Baptist Church, Starkville
Service
A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 11 am, First Baptist Church, Starkville
Obituary
Military Service Tribute, Honors, and Obituary:
Recognizing and Honoring a Fallen Hero, Who Served Within the Mississippi National Guard. “Fallen, Yet Not Forgotten”.
In recognition of our proud American tradition of honorable service which our military men and women have given to their country and our State, we honor a Fallen Hero. Our nation, our state, and the National Guard Association of MS (NGAMS) regard the memorializing of its retired military deceased as an honorable and sacred obligation.
Another great Soldier and Fallen Hero has been released from duty, passed from our ranks on Aug 16, 2024 and has moved on to his heavenly home. Retired Master Sergeant Douglas Jennings Tackett, age 74, who had served within the MSARNG within the 223rd Engineer Battalion has departed and gone to a better place with our good Lord. Tackett was the AGR Readiness NCO for Company C and Operations Sergeant at Hq, 223rd Engineer Battalion.
It takes a special person to serve within the military for their country, giving up their family time, comfort, and safety for their country, ultimately for all Americans to enjoy their freedoms, safety, and way of life. We now applaud you for your service to our country. A special message from General Douglas McArthur remains applicable today for our servicemen that have passed: “Old Soldiers never die; they just fade away”.
Rest in Peace Soldier. We applaud your patriotism, sacrifices, and brave efforts in serving our country and your family for their support of your service. We thank you for your service. Without your efforts and your families’ support, our country would not stand so boldly, shine so bright, and live so free.
You now have earned a rest, so go fly with the Angels, go rest high on that mountain; your work on earth is done. Go to heaven a-shoutin’ Love for the Father and the Son.
Another great Soldier has gone home, “Fallen, Yet Not Forgotten, Soldier for Life”.
Obituary, Visitation, and Service details:
Douglas Jennings Tackett age 74 of Starkville, MS passed away at home surrounded by his family on August 15, 2024. He was born on June 23,1950 in Cleveland, MS. Doug grew up in Clarksdale and moved to Tallahatchie County when he was in high school where he met the love of his life, Eva Jane Shaw.
Doug graduated from Delta State University with a degree in Business Administration. While at Delta State, he enlisted in the Mississippi Army National Guard. The military was a big part of his life. Serving his country was important and he decided to make a career in the National Guard. He was a member of the 223rd Engineer Battalion and was deployed to Iraq for fourteen months. While there, he received a Bronze Star medal for his service in Iraq. Doug remained in the National Guard for thirty-seven years
and retired as Master Sergeant. He then worked at Mississippi State with the ROTC program. Doug was a member of First Baptist Church in Starkville.
He is survived by: his wife of 53 years, Jane Shaw Tackett; daughters Shawn Marchant(Brett) of Cleveland, MS, Jenny Voyles (Mark) of Hernando, MS, Mary Coats (Jason) of Starkville, MS and grandchildren: Morgan and Macy Marchant, Bailey and Graham Voyles, and Finley and Shaw Coats. Other survivors include: his brother Tim Tackett (Melanie) of Oxford, MS, sister Sheila Chandler (Tommy) of Benoit, MS, sister-in-law, Barbara Tackett of Marks, MS, brother-in-law James Arnette Shaw III (Susie) of Flowood, MS, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents Joseph Newton and Dorothy Helon Tackett, his brother Ronny Tackett and his sister Helon-Ruth Tackett.
A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at First Baptist Church in Starkville with Dr. Andy Brown officiating. There will be a visitation from 10-11 AM and a service following at 11:00 AM.