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Obit for Royse Lee Lackey

Royse Lee Lackey

DUMAS - Royse Lee Lackey, 63, died Saturday, July 27, 2002.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church of Dumas with the
Rev. Eddie Tubbs, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Lane
Memorial Cemetery in Sunray by Morrison Funeral Directors.

Mr. Lackey was born Nov. 22, 1938, at home near Cheyenne, Okla. After
serving with the Navy for six years, he moved to Sunray and married Mickey
Thomas on Aug. 31, 1962.

He was a member of the Sunray Fire Department for several years before
moving to Dumas. He was a volunteer for the Dumas Fire Department for 15
years and an active member of the State Jaycees in the 1960s.

He was a licensed master electrician; a hunting safety instructor for the Texas
Parks and Wildlife for five years; and an enthusiastic golfer. He was also a
member of VFW Post 9022 of Dumas.

He had been an employee of Diamond Shamrock for 38 years as a treating and
blending supervisor before leaving due to an eye disease in 1993. He was a
member of First Baptist Church of Dumas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Bue and Bessie Lackey; and two
sisters, Theressa Aline Lackey and Edna Mae Sharp.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Lee A. Lackey of Fort Worth and
Kristina Henderson of Plains, Kan.; three brothers, Bue H. Lackey Jr. of
Disney, Okla., Wester Lackey of Sunray and Jody Lackey of Pensacola, Fla.;
two sisters, Darline Reynolds of Portland, Ore., and LaQuita Cox of Stonewall,
Okla.; two grandchildren, Stormy and Seth of Plains; and many nieces and
nephews.

The family will be at 1114 Phillips Drive in Dumas.

The family suggests memorials be to American Cancer Society, 211 Zauk,
Dumas, TX 79029; or to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second, Dumas, TX
79029.

Amarillo Globe-News, July 29, 2002