Kathy Rose Thacker, 42, of Ocala, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2011. She was born in Kennesaw, GA on July 14, 1968 to parents, Samuel Z. and Anne Rose. She was a 1986 graduate of Tyner High School. Kathy was a Behavioral Specialist with Marion County Schools. She is survived by her children, Tori, Madi, and Zack Thacker and husband, Jim Thacker, all of Ocala; Her two mothers, Anne Rose McGee and Sue Rose, and brother, Michael John Rose, all of Chattanooga, TN, two sisters Shelly and Karen, as well as several aunts, an uncle, and cousins.
The family will receive friends at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral home Thursday from 2-4.
Services in Chattanooga will be Thursday at 4:00 from the North chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with Rev Dennis Newman officiating interment will follow in he Hamilton Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to either Caring Bridge at www.caringbridge.org/visit/kathyrosethacker or Camp Crist Summer Camp for Special Needs Children at Camp Crist, c/o Dama Abshier, 1517 SW 30th Ave, Ste 1, Ocala, FL 34471 in Kathy’s honor
Arrangements under the direction of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist-North Chapel, Hixson, TN.