Sara Thacker

Sara Carpenter Thacker, of Colonial Heights, VA, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2007. She was born in Union County, SC, the daughter of the late Otis D. and Pearl Hames Davis. Sara was preceded in death by two husbands, Grover N. Carpenter and James L. Thacker. Surviving family include four children, Wanda C. Glenn and husband Larry of Scottsdale, AZ, James N. Carpenter and wife Bonnie of Burke, VA, Kathryn C. DeMarco and husband Mike of Scottsdale, AZ, and Debra C. Fountain and husband Buddy of Chester, VA; three step-children, J. L. â??Jimmyâ? Thacker, Jr. and wife Carolyn of Disputanta, VA, John Thacker and wife Cindy of Charlottsville, VA , and Susan T. Eakin and husband Ed of Hopewell, VA; a brother, O. L. Davis of Waxhaw, NC; twelve grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Sara was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Disputanta. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, and will be greatly missed. The family will receive friends at the J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Chesterfield on Monday, May 7, 2007 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, 1 p.m. at Chester Presbyterian Church, Chester. Interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George, VA. The family requests memorial contributions be made to Dunlop House at 235 Dunlop Farms Blvd. Colonial Heights, VA 23834 or to Odyssey Health Care at 2810 N. Parham Rd. Suite 150 Richmond, VA 23294. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com