Laveta Lucky

Laveta Lucky of Mabank was born on December 30, 1926 in Cisco, TX and was called home on November 11, 2017 at 90 years of age. Laveta spent her early childhood in Cisco and her adolescence in Flat, TX. The family moved to Stephenville, TX when she started college at Tarleton. She graduated from TWU in Denton with a degree in education. She devoted much of her life to teaching children, most of the time in Pasadena, TX. She was very close to her family, having helped her widowed father care for her 3 younger brothers. Though she never married, she cared deeply for her nieces and nephew and their families. She spent her last years at the Mabank Nursing Home, enjoying games and services offered there.

She was preceded in death by her parents, David Lucky Sr. and Florence Lucky, and her brother, David Lucky, Jr. and her nephew Eric Lucky.

She is survived by her brothers George Lucky and his wife Regina of McKeesport, PA and Bill Lucky and his wife Judy of Mabank and her sister-in-law Lunelle Lucky of Temple, TX. She is also survived by her nieces Cynthia, Cathy, Carole, Gail and Rhonda as well as many great and great-great nieces and nephews.

Brother Mike Adalian of Legendary Baptist Church officated the service that was held on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Eubank Cedar Creek Funeral Home in Mabank, TX.

A personal tribute may be made online at www.eubankcedarcreek.com