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Lillian "Joyce" Thacker-Alberty

1944 - 2025

Lillian "Joyce" Thacker-Alberty obituary, 1944-2025, Bentonville, AR

BORN

1944

DIED

2025

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Lillian Thacker-Alberty Obituary

Lillian 'Joyce' Thacker-Alberty
July 29, 1944 – Sept. 1, 2025

A Celebration of Life service for Lillian "Joyce" Thacker-Alberty, 81, of Bentonville, Ark., was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, at the Agent Mallory-Martin Chapel in Sallisaw.
Cremation is under the direction of Agent Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.
She was born on July 29, 1944, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Raymond Thacker and Hazek (Kirk) Thacker. She died on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in Bentonville.
She enjoyed dancing, country music and gardening.
Survivors include her children, Karen Gregory-Day, Jonathan Wells and Michael Shane Hodges; six grandchildren; and other family members and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Iva Sue Thacker-Casinger; and one daughter, Kathy Gregory.

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Published by Eastern Times-Register from Sep. 23 to Oct. 1, 2025.

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Celebration of Life

2:00 p.m.

Agent & Mallory-Martin Chapel

Sallisaw, OK

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Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Service, Inc. - Sallisaw

123 S Wheeler Ave, Sallisaw, OK 74955

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