Helen Virginia Hamilton Thacker

Helen Virginia Hamilton Thacker, 87, wife of the late Manley Thacker, Jr. of Mt. Pleasant, SC, and formerly of Charleston, West Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The relatives and friends of Helen Thacker are invited to attend her Funeral Service at the graveside in Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 11:00 am. The family will receive friends at J. HENRY STUHR, MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL on Friday, March 16, 2012 from 5:00 until 7:00 pm.

Helen was born on May 7, 1924 in Nellis, West Virginia, daughter of the late Emmett Thomas Hamilton and Ada Mae Kennedy Hamilton. She graduated from East Bank High School in Cabin Creek, West Virginia and worked at Sears. Parkersburg, WV, as a sales associate. She was a Past Worthy Matron in the Salina #81 Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Mauldin, West Virginia.

She is survived by her son, Woody Thacker of Mt. Pleasant; one grandchild, Barbara Leigh Thacker Knisley of New Bern, NC; two great grandchildren, Caroline Johnson Knisley and Charles Robert Knisley both of New Bern, NC. She was preceded in death by her grandson, Robert Sherwood Thacker.

Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Charleston Foundation, P.O. Box 417, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465.