Robert Gayland Thacker

Robert G. "Bob" Thacker died on September 17, 2021, at the age of 72, at Northeast Georgia Hospital in Braselton, Georgia. He was born on September 13, 1949 in Oneida, Kentucky to the late Edna Faye Ferguson of Beattyville, Kentucky. He was inducted into the United States Army on February 22, 1967 in Louisville, Kentucky. He rose to the rate of Staff Sergeant during the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged on February 22, 1974 at Fort Knox, Kentucky receiving the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with six battle stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 device, and Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
A LOVING FAMILY
Bob will be missed by his wife, Glenna J. Thacker of Braselton Georgia, his son Brent Thacker and Rhonda and their two children Jackson and Lincoln of Madison, Indiana, uncles Denny Thacker and Sandy of Madison, Indiana and Mitchell Thacker and Rhonda of Hanover, several cousins. He is preceded in death by his mother, Edna Faye Ferguson, his grandparents William and Vada Thacker (who raised him), one brother Kenneth Sandusky, several aunts, uncles and cousins.
SERVICES
Services will be conducted Friday, April 29, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery Chapel, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana.
MILITARY HONORS
Military honors will be provided by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion.
MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS
Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's choice. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com
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