Rackler, Joyce Kilgore (Sequatchie)

  • Monday, March 27, 2017

Joyce Kilgore Rackler, 67, of Sequatchie, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017.  

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Rackler; parents, Leonard Joe & Florence Kilgore; two sisters; brother, Alvin Kilgore; grandchildren, Kevin Ray Evans and Lexus Maze Freeman; and son-in-law, James Brian "Hippie" Whitson. 

She is survived by four children, Brenda (Kevin) Freeman, Judy Witson, Faye (Steve) Guffey and Robert Rackler, Jr.; sister, Doris Faye Wild; brothers, Earl Kilgore, Calvin Kilgore and John Kilgore; 15 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. 

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28 in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Sequatchie Valley Memorial Gardens in Jasper, TN. 

Family will receive friends from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Monday, March 27 at the Whitwell Memorial Funeral Home, who has charge of the arrangements. 

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