Russell Lackey

Russell Gilbert Lackey, age 80, of Demopolis, died January 7, 2014, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services were 11 a.m. Friday, January 10, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church in Demopolis with the Rev. Tommy Carr officiating. Burial followed at 2 p.m. at Graham Cemetery in Reform, Ala. with Kirk Funeral Homes Demopolis Chapel directing. The family received friends at the church from 10 to 10:45 a.m. before the service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Ruby Essary Lackey and daughter, Teresa Lynn Lackey. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Frances Farrar Lackey of Demopolis; daughters, Brenda L. Speed of Tuscaloosa and Cindy L. Parten of Demopolis; sister, Betty June Wilkins (Tommy) of Carrollton; brother, Fred Lackey Jr. (Nancy) of Huntsville; grandchildren, Russ Speed (Heather) and Allison Simmons (Joe) of Tuscaloosa, Charlie Parten and Carson Parten of Demopolis; and great-grandchildren, Emory Frances Simmons and Cole Russell Speed both of Tuscaloosa. Mr. Lackey was born February 22, 1933 in Tuscaloosa to the late Fred and Ruby Essary Lackey. Pallbearers will be A.G. Westbrook, Max Bailey, E.P. Griffith Jr., Harold Johnson, Richard Yawn, Joe Richie, Jack Fox, Tom Lackey and Clint Knight. Honorary pallbearers are employees and volunteers of Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Hospice of West Alabama in Mr. Lackey’s memory.

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