Kenneth Wayne Lackey, 80, of Powderly, Texas, passed away at his home on Sunday, March 28, 2021.
Funeral services will be held at Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home, 730 Clarksville St., Paris, Texas, on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 10:00 AM.
Ken was born on January 27, 1941, in Bessemer, Alabama. He greatly enjoyed hunting and fishing, and the outdoors in general. He graduated from Jones Valley High School, Birmingham, Alabama, in 1959. Following graduation, he moved to Kissimmee, Florida, and shortly thereafter, enlisted in the United States Army Reserve. He completed his enlistment and was honorably discharged in 1969. Later that same year, he married his wife, the former Avaline Dale Lancaster of Kissimmee. He worked for the Kissimmee Utility Authority, retiring in 1998 after more than three decades of distinguished service. Following several years of full-time ranching, he and his wife relocated to Powderly in 2009, where he remained until his passing.
Ken is survived by his wife of 51 years, Avaline; his sister, Marie Waldrop of Bessemer; his brother, Danny Lackey, and his wife Jan, of Kissimmee; his daughter, Bobbi Jo Hair, and her husband, Donnie, of Texarkana, Texas; his son, Kenneth Wayne Lackey, Jr., and his wife Ashleigh, of Kissimmee; and his four grandsons – Andrew Wayne Lackey, Patrick Augustus Lackey, Robert Allan Lackey, and Kenneth Wayne Lackey, III – also of Kissimmee.
Online condolences may be sent to Lackey family by visiting www.fry-gibbs.com
