COL. ORVILLE H. (M.D.) TACKETT, 93, died March 8,
2003 in Edmond, OK, with burial in Fort Sill Post
Cemetery at Fort Sill, OK. He was born on May 19,
1909 in Purves, TX to Robert L. and Dovie Daniel
Tackett. Orville attended Ranger High School in
the Class of 1928 at Ranger, TX and married Norma
Richter. Later he married Dolores Martin who died
in 1977. He became a medical doctor and served in
the U.S. Army for a number of years. His children
were Daniel Tackett, Patricia Tackett, Karem Tackett
Barnes, Richter Tackett, & Orville Tackett Jr. His
siblings were Tennie Tackett, James Tackett, Nolan
Tackett, & Dorothy Tackett, all are now deceased.