Lona Lackey Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Lona Lackey of Hiddenite, North Carolina, who passed away on September 20, 2025, at the age of 103, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Lona Lackey to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Benjamin Harrison Poole and Bertha Irean Watts Poole (Irene); her husband Joseph Burley Lackey Jr.; her children, Beryl Carlton Jr., Effie Irene Lackey, Steve Harrison Lackey (Jeanette) and Gary Eugene Lackey; her grandchildren, Deidra Lackey and Melvin Todd Morrison; her siblings, Romie Poole (Gladys), Reverend Clyde Poole, Paul Poole (Janie), Odell Poole (Velma), Essie Mae Poole-Bennett (Clemmons), Beatrice Poole Mayes Allison (Freeman), Wilma Poole Stevenson (Magellan), Madie Poole Scott (JC), Jones, Annie Mae Lackey and Bettye Mayes Lackey; and her brothers-in-law, K. Russell Lackey Sr. of Statesville, NC., James Aaron Lackey (Julia) of Hiddenite, NC, Harry Truman Lackey (Barbara) of Hiddenite, NC. and Joe Jones of Taylorsville, NC..
She is survived by: her siblings-in-law, Parris Lackey (Arnesta), William Rankin, John Robert Lackey and William Carter Lackey (Ruth); her children, William Ray Lackey Sr. (Joyce) of Conover, NC, Harvey Lee Lackey (Jeanie) of Taylorsville, NC and Barbara Jean Robinson of Hiddenite, NC; her daughters-in-law, V. Diane Carlton of Charlotte, NC and Melissa Smith Lackey of Taylorsville, NC; and her sisters-in-law, Betty Ross Poole of Hiddenite, NC, Barbara A. Lackey of Hiddenite, NC, Linda N. Lackey of Hiddenite, NC and Alice Rankin of Statesville, NC. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren and 1 Godchild.
