Thelma Margaret Metts

Thelma Margaret Reddicks Metts, 96 of Louisville, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2022. Born June 24, 1925, she was a faithful wife of the late James Arthur Metts Sr. and daughter of the late Daniel Boone Reddicks, and the late Mary Emily Faulkner of Loretto, KY.

Thelma loved being a wife and mother to her family. She was a fantastic cook and entertained Merle Haggard with pie while on vacation in Tennessee. Thelma was a faithful servant of God who believed in the power of prayer to heal all things and bring light into the world.

Thelma was preceded in death by her sons; Roger Metts, Samuel Metts, Bruce Metts and Shannon Metts, three grandsons; Michael Ross Metts, Gary Wayne Montgomery and Wade Arthur Hunter, nine siblings; William, Samuel, Carl, Winton, Mary Ola Reddicks, Dorothy Nalley, Mable Nalley, Marcella Lyvers and Juanita Wroblewski.

Left to cherish her memory are her children; Ronald Metts(Linda), Darlene Metts, Sherry Metts, Juanice Metts, Timothy Metts(Terri), and Kerry Metts(Heather), many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Visitation will be Thursday, January 27, 2022 from 10am-1pm, with a funeral service at 1pm at Arch L. Heady & Son Funeral Home-Okolona. Entombment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to Sisters of Loretto Mother House, 515 Nerinx Rd., Nerinx, Kentucky 40037.