Marietta Tapp Chandler

Marietta Tapp Chandler

Marietta Tapp Chandler 89, of Dixon,  passed away Monday February 16, 2015 at Lucy King Smith Care Center in Henderson. 

She was a graduate of Lockyear Business College, and was a member and Sunday School Teacher at Tilden General Baptist Church. She was also a homemaker and worked in the Webster County School System for many years. 

She was preceded in death by her husband Raymon Chandler, 1 sister Corene Duncan and 2 brothers Prentice and Elbert Tapp. 

Survivors include two daughters, Theda Tapp and her husband Tommy of Henderson and Rama Austin and her husband Paul of Slaughters; one son P.E. Chandler and his wife Cathy of Dixon; seven grandchildren,  Ember Campbell, Everly Tapp, Ryan Austin, Andrea Hancock, Brandon Chandler, Katie Alexander and Sakara Chandler; eight great-grandchildren, Natalie, Malorie, Cooper, Hadley, Hunter, Nora, Taylor and Olivia. 

Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 23, 2015 at 1 p.m. at the Tilden General Baptist Church in Tilden with the Rev. Harry Baldwin and the Rev. Matthew Moore officiating. 

Burial was in Fairmont Cemetery in Henderson. 

Visitation was from 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Townsend Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. 

Memorial contributions can be made to Tilden General Baptist Church c/o Eloise Duncan P.O. Box 266 Dixon, KY 42409 or St. Anthony’s Hospice 2410 S. Green St Henderson, KY 42420. Online condolences can be made at www.townsendfuneralhomeinc.com.