of Conway, AR
August 27, 1952 - April 29, 2016
Pamela Diane Thacker, 63, of Conway, went to be with her Lord on Friday, April 29, 2016. She was born Wednesday, August 27, 1952 in Kansas City, Missouri to the late Vernon Sawrie and Sylvia Ann McNew Sawrie Naylor.
Diane was the owner of Flying V Gas Station in Conway and a branch manager for several Telemarketing Firms. She loved to travel, but the greatest joy in her life was spending time with her family and friends. She was a loving wife, mother, daughter, grandmother and sister. She so enjoyed bragging on her daughter and grandchildren by telling all about each of their accomplishments.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Diane leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Reece Lee Thacker, Jr.; daughter, Debbie Tullos (Keith) of Conway; grandchildren, Micheal White of Greenbrier, Secret Stevens of El Paso, Texas, Angel Gonzalez of Vilonia and Autumn Gonzalez of East End; great-grandchildren, Coraline Rowland and Dawson Howard; mother, Sylvia Ann Naylor (Oneal Gentry) of Conway; step-mother, Allie Rae Sawrie of Higden; sisters, Jawanda Holloway (Bill) of Mt. Vernon and Marsha Cox (Kendall) of Hackett; brothers, Curtis Sawrie (Kimberly) of Mt. Vernon and Byron Sawrie (Wanda) of Higden; mother-in-law, Floy Thacker of Conway; and a host of other family and friends.
Visitation will be Monday, May 2, 2016, 6:00-8:00PM at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Conway, (501)327-7727. Funeral service will be Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 1:00PM in the funeral home chapel with Curtis Ray Sawrie officiating. Interment will follow in the McNew Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Micheal White, Byron Sawrie, Tanner Sawrie, Kendall Cox, Merle Tullos and Caleb Burnette. Honorary pallbearers will be David Burnette and Bill Holloway.
I just found out about Diane! I am so sorry! She was such a doll!
Lee and family,
My thoughts and prayers are with you during this time. May God wrap His loving arms around you. Diane was wonderful person to work with and to know! Always smiling! What a blessing! A true angel!
I am so sorry for your loss. Diane was such a wonderful person. I had the pleasure of working with her and Lee at The Heritage Company. I will keep Lee and the entire family in my prayers.
The service today for Diane was a testimony to her life as so many tears, so many smiles, so many life stories and so much love ! I had the pleasure of knowing Diane as an exceptional leader and manager as we worked together for years. From the executive offices i marveled at the Ivy league competency Diane demonstrated with her country smarts! It was an honor to have known her, worked with Lee, and shared a part of their walk! There is no greater testimony than to have family and friends testify that your life... the life of Diane Thacker was so meaningful and filled with love ! Another example to all of us of how to life each day and life to the fullest ! God has given us an Angel for awhile to bless our lives and now she walks with others for ever until we all meet again !
My thought and prayers are with your family. So sorry for your loss.
My dearest friend Jawanda, I am so very sorry for the loss of you sister. My deepest sympathy and prayers are with you and your family.
My dear Aunt Cubbie, Debbie and family, I am so very sorry to hear about Diane. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. We love you!
-Shelly, Trent and Reece
Ann and Debbie: I am so sorry for your loss. Diane was such a sweet lady. We will miss her so much. Just remember she is no longer suffering. She is now sitting at the feet of Jesus and is also enjoying many of loved ones there. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
So sorry to hear of Dianes passing. I wish we could be there to say our final farewell. She is in both our thoughts and prayers. May she rest in peace.
To Diane's Family I am so sorry for your loss she was a longtime friend that I loved to keep in touch with just to see her smile and to know how much she loved everyone RIP Dear One
My thoughts and prayers are with you... I love you Debbie and am here in any way, God Bless
Ann, and family. So sorry for your loss. Diane was a sweet person, she will be missed by many.
Debbie and family,
Our thoughts and prayers for peace and strength to you all during this difficult time, may you feel your mother's loving presence and may it bring you comfort and envelope you with peace and love. I remember meeting Diane in North Carolina. She was a very sweet lady. May all the good memories carry you through the days ahead. Love to you amd your family.
Chip and I express our deepest sympathy for Lee and the family. You are in our prayers. May God wrap His loving arms around you during this time and you feel His presence.
My deepest sympathies to the close family. I rejoice in her home going. Heaven gets sweeter every day especially with Diane being as sweet as she was to everyone.
Sincerely, Denise
So sorry about your loss. Praying for all the family.
R.I.P. My friend. My prayers are with your family and friends.
so sorry I can't be there but you are in my thoughts and prairs we will all miss her
Diane was loved by all who knew her. She had a loving, kind, and generous heart. Heaven gained a saint and we lost a ray of sunshine.
Such a wonderful friend, so devoted to her family. She touched my life and so many others. Thinking of you Lee.
Dear friend, you will be missed. Knowing you since we were children and reconnecting at our reunion and on Facebook meant so much to me. I will surely miss your deep faith and caring, and all that you shared with us, your friends.
Dear Debbie and family
Prayers for you all during this difficult time
Ann,Debbie and family, I am so sorry for your loss. Diane was very special to me and my family. We shared many good times. She will be missed terribly. Hope you can find comfort in knowing how much you all were loved.
So sorry for your loss. May you find comfort in the
words spoken at John 5:28,29 "(28).Do not be amazed
at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the
memorial tombs will hear his voice (29). and come out,
those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and
those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment."
Debbie, You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. We love you. If we can do anything please let us know.