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     LaDoit Jernigan Tackett was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Checotah, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma.⁵ He married Meredith Hensley.^5,3 LaDoit Jernigan Tackett was born on August 29, 1937 at Oklahoma.^1,2 He died on February 4, 2007 at Oklahoma at age 69.^2,3

     Kyle Elliott Tackett was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Checotah, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma.^1,2 He was born on April 17, 1971 at Muskogee, Muskogee Co., Oklahoma.^1,2 He died on December 10, 2011 at Checotah, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma, at age 40.^1,2 He Kyle Elliott Tackett, 40 year old lifetime Checotah resident, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011 in Checotah. He was born on Saturday, April 17, 1971 in Muskogee to LaDoit and Meredith Hensley Tackett. Kyle grew up in Checotah where he received his education, played football for the Checotah Wildcats and graduated in 1989. After graduation, he attended the Pinkerton Security and Detective Agency, the largest security services provider in the world, where Kyle was trained in security. After his training he began working for the Creek Nation Casino as a security guard. Kyle enjoyed fishing, hunting and was a lifetime member of First Baptist Church of Checotah. He will be remembered by many as a kind, sweet, tender-hearted man that loved his family deeply. Kyle was preceded in death by his grandparents and his dad, LaDoit on Sunday February 4, 2007. He is lovingly survived by his mother, Meredith of Checotah, siblings, Kevin Tackett and his wife Kim of Okarche, OK, Karla Roberts and her husband Jon of Haskell, OK & Kristian Tackett of Blue Eye MO; nieces & nephews, Autumn Roberts and her husband Dustin and their children Harlin and Margo, Karris Tackett, Acacia Tackett, Kyle Roberts and his children, Madison and Izzabell, Jennifer Roberts, Jessie Tackett, Jamie Tackett & Cole Tackett; aunts, Gretchen Payne and her husband Dr. Maurice Payne, Barbara Gordon and her husband Jim, Betty Lewis and her husband Bob; also surviving are other extended family and a host of friends. In honoring the life of Kyle, in lieu of flowers, memorials are to be made in his memory to the First Baptist Church Family Life Center Building Fund 210 SW 2nd Street Checotah, Ok. 74426. Funeral Services for Kyle will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at First Baptist Church with Reverend Steve Dennis and Reverend Wayne Brown officiating. Committal Prayers and Interment of Kyle's ashes will be held privately for the family in Greenlawn Cemetery under the person direction of John Garrett. on December 12, 2011.²

     Nelma Toms was buried at Eloy Memorial Park, Eloy, Pinal Co., Arizona.¹ Her married name was Jernigan.¹ She married Dewey Vernon Jernigan, son of Benjamin Harrison "Ben" Jernigan and Lou Jane Morgan.¹ Nelma Toms was born on May 21, 1918 at Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana.¹ She died on March 16, 1983 at Casa Grande, Pinal Co., Arizona, at age 64.¹

     His Social Security Number was 527-62-5561.² Michael Dewey Jernigan married Rebecca Adeline Raines. Michael Dewey Jernigan was born on July 20, 1943 at Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co., Oklahoma.² He died on January 9, 2001 at Yuma, Yuma Co., Arizona, at age 57.²

     Her Social Security Number was 441-14-0575.¹ Her married name was Jernigan.² Nana Lee Rankin and Dewey Vernon Jernigan were divorced.² Nana Lee Rankin married Dewey Vernon Jernigan, son of Benjamin Harrison "Ben" Jernigan and Lou Jane Morgan.² Nana Lee Rankin was born on September 17, 1920 at Checotah, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma.¹ She died on January 12, 2001 at Dennison Co., Texas, at age 80.¹

     Her married name was Jernigan. Rebecca Adeline Raines married Michael Dewey Jernigan, son of Dewey Vernon Jernigan and Nana Lee Rankin. Rebecca Adeline Raines was born on May 29, 1943 at Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California.^1,2 She died on April 11, 2010 at Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, at age 66.²

     Jesse Roger Livesay was born in December, 1890 at Arkansas.² He married Ada Arizona Jernigan, daughter of John Jackson Jernigan and Mary Louise Emmeline Cole, on October 2, 1909 at Checotah, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma.³ Jesse Roger Livesay died circa 1913 at Checotah, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma.¹