Lorene Thacker

Funeral services for Mrs. Lorene Ethel Stamps Thacker, age 95 of Cookeville, will be held Saturday December 13 at 2 o'clock at Brotherton Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Wade Givens officiating. Interment will follow in the Shady Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Thacker's family will receive friends Friday from 5 pm until 8 pm and Saturday from 12 noon until service time at the church. Mrs. Thacker died Wednesday morning December 10, 2014 at her home. She was born January 16, 1919 in Monterey, TN to the late George Washington "Wash" and Emily Elizabeth "Lizzy" Rector Stamps. Lorene was a wonderful Christian woman who loved her family, church family, and friends deeply. She was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend and will be sorely missed. She loved to quilt and crochet. She was also a great cook and baker and passed down many wonderful recipes to her family. However, more than anything else, she loved the Lord and her church. She has been a member of Brotherton Missionary Baptist Church for over 40 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Thacker; a son, Gerald Thacker; a grandson, Ryan Westlake; three brothers, Wilker, Garland, and Leonard Stamps; and by five sisters, Vola Swafford, Fanny Mae Miller, Lulu Stamps, Katherine Stamps and Thelma Bowman. Her family includes her daughter and son-in-law, Colleen and Bill Westlake of Shelby Township, MI; son and daughter-in-law, Daryl and Karolyn Thacker of Cookeville; seven grandchildren, Billy (Michelle) Westlake, Jason (Tammy) Westlake, Kelly (Jamie) Terrell, Jennifer (Ed) Dulaney, Daniel (Jessica) Thacker, Andy Thacker, and Klay Thacker; and thirteen great-grandchildren; brother, Clinton Stamps, sister, Mazelle Little both of Dayton, Ohio; and many nieces, nephews and extended family members. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.