Chad Thatcher, 48

Mr. Chad David Thatcher, age 48, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at Lourdes Mercy Health Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky.

Mr. Thatcher was born on December 2, 1971, in Houston, Texas to the late David Hugh Thatcher and Patricia Leanne (Switzer) Thatcher. A disabled veteran and before moving to Kentucky he worked with the Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office as a bailiff and deputy. He was a Marine veteran of the Gulf War.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Loraine and Floyd Marhofer and Harold Switzer; as well as his paternal grandparents, Dr. Hugh and Mary Lou Thatcher.

Survivors include his wife, Melinda Thatcher of Murray, Kentucky; to whom he married on September 1, 2000, in Georgetown, Texas; a daughter, Kelsey Lynn Rosgen and husband Kenneth Ray Costello Rosgen of Lampasas, Texas; two sons, Garrett Connor Thatcher of Murray, Kentucky and Paul Gene Simpson of Lampasas, Texas; one sister, Amy Elizabeth Honeycutt and husband Christopher Scott Honeycutt of Woodlands, Texas; as well as his father and mother-in-law, Les and Laura Clary of Georgetown, Texas.

A celebration of life and burial will be held at a later date.

Online condolences can be made at, www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.com