Mar 9, 2003 2 min read

Charles Henry Hackette Jr. “Hooks”, age 81, of Vanderbilt, Pa., passed Friday, March 7, 2003 in his home. He was born July 23, 1921 in Brownsville, Pa., son of Henry Hackette and Cora Smith Hackette.

He attended Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Brownsville, Pa., and later was Baptized and became a member and Deacon of St. Paul Baptist Church, Vanderbilt.

He was a World War II Veteran.

Charles married Emma Holbrook in 1942 and later in 1983 he met and married Queen Esther Gordon.

He was predeceased by a brother, Jim, one son, Charles, one grandson, Christopher, one great grandson, Chyzare, two sisters, Bertha and Sarah Jones, and his parents.

Surviving are his wife, Queen Esther Hackette; seven children: Lonnie Hackette and Donna Johnican and husband, Melvin, all of Chicago, Illinois, Carlos Hackette and wife Cynthia, Greg Hackette and wife Corrine, and Jacob Hackette all of Brownsville, Pa., Charles Hackette and wife Yvonne of New Salem, Pa., and Vincent Hackette of Kentucky; five step children: Barbara Lowe, Silver Spring, Maryland, Esther Lorraine Peterson, Washington, D.C., Sandra Staples, Uniontown, Pa., Betty Lee, Elizabeth, Pa., and Mike Sanders, Pittsburgh, Pa.; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins; and a very special friend, Ted Neeley of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Friends will be received in the MURIEL E. LANTZ FUNERAL HOME, 297 East Main Street, Uniontown, Pa., on Tuesday from 5 to 9 p.m. where Services will be held Wednesday, March 12, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Charles E. Morgan officiating.

Interment will follow in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.