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Lackey family of Kentucky

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

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  Ernest Lackey (1867-1941) — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., June 8, 1867. Insurance and real estate business; mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1916, 1928-32; defeated, 1916. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, following a stroke, in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., March 7, 1941 (age 73 years, 272 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. George W. Lackey and Mary Josephine Lackey; married, September 10, 1889, to Catherine Caroline Kreutzer; father of Pierce Eubanks Lackey, Hecht S. Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; grandfather of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers and Henry G. Lackey.
  Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Pierce Eubanks Lackey (1898-1967) — also known as Pierce E. Lackey — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., December 21, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance and real estate business; mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1940-44; defeated, 1963; president, Paducah Broadcasting Co., operator of radio station WPAD; founder of six other radio stations in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Died, in Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., February 16, 1967 (age 68 years, 57 days). Interment at Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Ernest Lackey; brother of Hecht S. Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; uncle of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers and Henry G. Lackey.
  Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hecht S. Lackey — of Henderson, Henderson County, Ky. Democrat. Mayor of Henderson, Ky., 1954-62. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Ernest Lackey; brother of Pierce Eubanks Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; father of Henry G. Lackey; uncle of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers.
  Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
  Frederick Ernest Lackey — also known as Dutch Lackey — of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. Democrat. Mayor of Hopkinsville, Ky., 1958-65. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Ernest Lackey; brother of Pierce Eubanks Lackey and Hecht S. Lackey; married to Bonnie Bessire; father of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers; uncle of Henry G. Lackey.
  Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
  The Lackey Municipal Building (opened 1965, superseded 2014), in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was named for him.
  Sherrill Lackey Jeffers (1938-1997) — also known as Sherry Jeffers — of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. Born in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., June 23, 1938. Mayor of Hopkinsville, Ky., 1982-86. Female. Died May 9, 1997 (age 58 years, 320 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Bonnie (Bessire) Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; married to Roger Jeffers; niece of Pierce Eubanks Lackey and Hecht S. Lackey; granddaughter of Ernest Lackey; first cousin of Henry G. Lackey.
  Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
  Henry G. Lackey — of Henderson, Henderson County, Ky. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state senate 4th District; elected 1981; elected unopposed 1990; mayor of Henderson, Ky., 1999-. Still living as of 2004.
  Relatives: Son of Hecht S. Lackey; nephew of Pierce Eubanks Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; grandson of Ernest Lackey; first cousin of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers.
  Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
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