Herbert LeRoy(Sonny) Thaggard Jr., 81 of Raeford, died Octoober 10, 2013 at Moore Regional Hospital.
He graduated from Fayetteville High School and entered the US Navy. He served on the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany until his honorable discharge. He served the US Postal Service for 32 years retiring as the SPO from the Raeford Post Office in 1987. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Fayetteville.
He is preceded in death by his mother, Katherine Broadhurst Thaggard; father, Herbert Leroy Thaggard, Sr.; son, Paul Jeffery Thaggard; sister Joyce Staton; brother, Gary McNeill Thaggard; and a grandson, Joshua Caleb Chavis.
He is survived by his loving wife of 33 years, Margaret(Maggie) Thaggard; son, Tracy B. Thaggard and his wife Toni of Raeford; daughers, Deborah Canupp and her husband Ed of Apex, Kimberly Chavis and her husband Larry of Knightdale, Jeanie Abner and her husband Danny of Stedman; sister, Betty Korpella of Maryville, Tennessess; three step-children, Jeanne Autry and her husband Ronnie of Dunn, Bill Cifers and is wife Karen of Elizabethton, Tennessee, and Patti Collins and her husband Arthur of Falcon; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren and five step-great-granchildren; sister-in-law, Sarah Lynn Thaggard and Joy T. Smith, the mother of his five children and his little Maltese companion, Le'Roi.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 19 at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church in Raeford with the Rev. Toby Neal officiating. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 1: 45 p.m. A private burial will follow.