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Lackey; sister-in-laws: Delilah Lackey, Sheila Lackey and Mary Lackey and brother-in-laws: Anthony Ray Fitzpatrick, Robert Brumfield, Carl Stepp.
Ernest was a Korean War Veteran with the United States Air Force; he was a coal miner and electrician and retired from Kermit Coal Company. He was also a member of the Mount Hope Baptist Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge at Kermit #167. His favorite hobbies were hunting and fishing.
Ernest is survived by his four children, Nicole (Leslie) Lackey Dillon, Ronald Ray (Carla) Vinson, Ernest Ishmael (Cheryl) Lackey, Sandra D. Lackey and Steven (Kathy) Lackey, 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; his siblings, Helen Stepp, Cora Dillon, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Arnold "Babe"
(Florence) Lackey, James (Lisa) Lackey, and Carson Lackey; brother in law, John Jarrells and a host of nieces, nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews. He is also survived by special cousins, Kimberly (Ronnie) Wilson May and Kevin (Beth) Wilson, and special great nieces, Bella and Karstyn Robinson; along with special friends and neighbors, William Mullen, Carla Ramey, The Deskins and Marcum families, Scott and Payton Wilson and their children, Kirsten Grimmett, Roy and Alice Messer.
Special thanks to Dignity Hospice, Doctors and staff at Logan Regional Medical Center, nurses of MICU, ICU and LRMC.
Pallbearers: Gary Wolford, Brendan Wolford, Troy Vinson, Jamie Robinson, Anthony Fitzpatrick, Todd Fitzpatrick, Randall Fitzpatrick, Jeremy Pilkins and Scott Wilson
Funeral services will be held at 12:00pm, Sunday, February 2, 2025 at the Mount Hope Freewill Baptist Church in Dingess, WV. Burial to follow at the Lackey Cemetery in Marrowbone, WV. Friends may visit at the church on Saturday after 7:00pm.
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