Lorene Frances Thacker, 90, of Clayton, passed away Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, at Mountain View Health and Rehab in Clayton.
Born Aug. 28, 1931, in Macon County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Ike Justice and Magnolia Bradshaw. During her life she lived in both Georgia and South Carolina where she worked as a seamstress for the West Union Sewing Plant. She was of the Church of God faith.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Thacker; a son, Wayne Fricks; a daughter, Donna Norris; and a brother, Felton Justice.
She is survived by four sons, Kevin H. Bleckley and Sandy White of Lawrenceville, Donnie and Tracy Fricks of Seneca, S.C., Jimmy and Jennifer Fricks of Anderson, S.C., and David and Dalphey Fricks of Tiger; five daughters, Judy McCurry of Oregon, Jackie and Frank Finn of Clayton, Jerry Owens and Waldermar Jozef of Clayton, Linda Porter of California, and Susan Fricks of California; two brothers, Carley H. Justice of Oconee, S.C., and Joe Grant of Oconee, S.C.; and by five sisters, Maggie Lee of Seneca, South Carolina, Loma Pressley of Leesburg, Lynn Smith of Oconee, South Carolina, Atha and Manuel Jones of Oconee, S.C., and Easter and Ronnie Brewer of Clayton. She is also survived by a host of grandchildren.
The body has been cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date.
The family is at their respective residences.