Ulrice E. Hackett Sr.; Cameron Parish Obits, Louisiana
Submitted by Kathy LaCombe-Tell
Source: American Press; Date: 01/26/1995; Page & Section: 2CT   
Submitted September 2004

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Funeral services for Ulrice E. Hackett Sr., 92, will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 
27, in Hixson Funeral Home.

The Revs. Steven Spurlock and Henry Bowdon will officiate. Burial will be in 
Highland Memory Gardens.

Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. today, with an Eastern Star service at 7 p.m.; and 
from 8 a.m. Friday.

Mr. Hackett died at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1995, in a local care center.
A native of Cameron Parish, he was a graduate of Lake Charles High School and 
earned a bachelor's degree from USL and a master's degree from LSU. He began his 
teaching career at Lowery School in 1922 and served as an educator in Cameron 
Parish for 44 years, including 19 years as principal of Grand Lake High School 
and 16 years as Cameron Parish School Superintendent.

Mr. Hackett was active with the American Red Cross during Hurricane Audrey and 
was instrumental in the rebuilding of schools in lower Cameron Parish following 
the disaster. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 165, a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite 
Mason, a member of Ruth Chapter 16 OES, a charter member of Habibi Temple, and a 
member of the $100 Million Crippled Children's Shrine Hospital Club, Louisiana 
Retired Teachers Association and First United Methodist Church.

Survivors are one son, U.E. ''Sonny'' Hackett Jr. of Lake Charles; one brother, 
N.B. ''Red'' Hackett of Denham Springs; five grandchildren and six 
great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Youth Scholarship Fund of Ruth Chapter 16, OES, the 
family said.