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Lots of reported sightings, but Tackett still missing
By Isabella Warner - For The Times-Gazette
In this photograph a young Wade Tackett (front, left) is pictured with his parents, Virgil and Mary Tackett, and brother, Aaron Tackett.
Submitted photo
Editor’s note This is the third part of a four-part story about Virgil “Wade” Tackett, who as a 17-year-old left his family’s Hillsboro home in 1986 to find work in Alaska. Three weeks into his stay working for a local cannery, Tackett and a friend went exploring in the Alaskan wilderness near Chicagof Island. Tackett was never heard from again. Between strange sightings and psychic visions, the search for Tackett has turned up more questions than answers. Information for this series comes from author RW Swartz. His book “Cold Water, Cold Hearts” was released last month.
Edward Webster Oxley died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. He was 73.
Ed was born on March 19, 1947, in Cincinnati, to Virginia Webster Oxley and Charles Morris Oxley, MD. Ed lived in Troy, Ohio, after the age of 3, attending Kyle Elementary, Van Cleve Jr. High and Troy High School. He graduated from Troy in 1965 and from Miami University in 1969.
Ed owned and operated the Earth Rose International Imports store in Yellow Springs for 50 years. He had many friends and was part of a large family. He loved the natural world and took good care of his dogs, cats and the piece of wooded Earth he called his own. His property, in Tipp City, was a flowering paradise from early spring through late autumn, with snowdrops, daffodils, daylilies and other perennials that he had planted all over. He took care of his woods by gathering fallen timber, cutting up large pieces for firewood and burning the brush in bonfires, while enjoying the fire with an occasional cocktail.