Charles Henry”Hooks” Hackett Jr.
Charles Henry Hackett 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 Hackett and Cora Smith Hackett.
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, under Pastor Rev. Evelynne Lockette.
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, and his parents.
Surviving are his wife, Queen Esther Gordon Hackett; seven children: Lonnie Hackett and Donna Johnican and husband, Melvin, all of Chicago, Illinois, Carlos Hackett and wife Cynthia, Greg Hackett and wife Corrine, and Jacob Hackett all of Brownsville, Pa., Charles Hackett and wife Yvonne of New Salem, Pa., and Vincent Hackett 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.; two sisters: Sarah Jones and husband, John, of Tower Hill, Pa., and Bertha Johns and husband, Paul, of Brownsville, Pa.; a very special friend, Ted Neeley of Virginia Beach, Virginia; and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.
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 Jr. officiating.
Interment will follow in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.