Thomas Junior "T.J." Tackett, 81, of Carrollton, MS, died Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital. Services will be held Friday, November 21, 2025 2:00 PM at Williams & Lord Funeral Home in Greenwood. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM until service time at the funeral Home. Burial will follow in Harmony Cemetery. Rev. Roy Bush will officiate the services.

T.J. was born September 4, 1944, to the late Thomas Wesley Tackett and Gladys Jenkins Tackett in Choctaw County, MS, and resided in Carroll County most of his life. He proudly served the Greenwood Police Department for 32 years, reaching the rank of Captain. He was the training officer for the department and was very passionate about the GPD training facility. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Bobby Tackett, and stepson, Billy Ray Philley, Jr.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley Tackett of Carrollton, MS; daughters, Staci Tackett Ward of Oxford, MS, and Amy Tackett of Greenwood, MS; step daughter, Phoebe Philley of Greenwood, MS; sisters, Jean Taylor (Dwight) of Carrollton, MS, Elloweise McNeal (Jim) of Greenwood, MS, and Brenda Tanksley of Carrollton, MS; grandchildren, Trey Oates, Shae Wood, Nikki Philley, and Morgan Hardison; and twelve great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Josh Philley, Earl Smith, James Lester Jr, Jamie Taylor, William Blake, and Byron O'Bryant. Honorary pallbearers will be the Greenwood Police Department.

Memorials may be made to Harmony Cemetery, 2428 County Rd 166, Greenwood, MS, 38930.