Date of birth: 11 Oct 1900
Date of death: 03 Nov 1995

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Burial Information

Section 05 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0183-09
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Elizabeth Tackett Metcafe Mrs. Elizabeth Tackett Metcafe, 95, a retired teacher of Greenwood died of heart failure Friday, November 3 at Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood.

Graveside services were held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, November 6 in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.

Mrs. Metcalfe was a Lexington native. She taught in the Holmes County Public School System for a number of years. She also taught in the Greenwood schools for many years including a number of years at Williams Elementary School. She retired from teaching 30 years ago.

Mrs. Metcalf was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Greenwood. She was the widow of Willis R. Metcalfe. Her niece, Evelyn Tackett of Jackson, cared for her.

There are no immediate survivors.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 7 Lexington, MS November 9, 1995

Parents: Walter Perdue Tackett, Sr. Katherine E. Dyson Tackett Siblings: Jack Robert Tackett Elizabeth Tackett Metcalfe Walter Perdue Tackett, Jr. Spouse: Willis R. Metcalfe

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