Name: Richard Tarkington, age 86
Date of Birth: July 10, 1916 in Centerville, Hickman Co, TN
Date of Death: February 23, 2003 in Columbia, Maury Co, TN
Date of Funeral: February 25, 2003
Burial Site: Campground Cemetery, Centerville, Hickman Co, TN
Parents: Elgin and Della Neely Tarkington
Spouse: Mildred Bates (deceased)
Survivors: daughters, Carol Walker and Sherry Gore; sons, Malcolm, Billy, Gary and Murray Tarkington; brother, Owen B Tarkington; 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death: parents; spouse.