Willetta C. Tackett passed away in her home in Athens, Texas Tuesday, January 8, 2019. She was 85 years young. Willetta was born July 9, 1933 in Comyn, Comanche County, Texas to Rich and Dita Cowan. She was a graduate of Dublin High School, she married her high school sweetheart, Wyndel Tackett. Together, they became an inseparable team. She worked at the Texas A&M University Library while Wyndel was pursuing his degree. While raising 4 children, Willetta worked various jobs; a bookkeeper for family businesses, Tax Collector for LaPoynor School District, and perhaps her most beloved job, that as a Rancher’s Wife. In that capacity, she was a team of one, feeding hungry cowboys, nursing bumps and bruises, and overall providing a calm hand in what was often a hectic lifestyle.
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