DAISY LACKEY

July 31, 1918 - October 15, 2016

Daisy Murden Lackey, 98, of Kankakee, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Aperion Care of Wilmington. Visitation will be Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 9:00 A.M. until time of funeral services at 10:00 A.M. at Shiloh Full Gospel Baptist Church. Minister Robert Allen will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory. Arrangements are by Lax Mortuary, Kankakee. Daisy Murden Lackey was born July 31, 1918 in Chattanooga, TN to Benjamin and Maude Redwine Murden. She married James (J.B.) Lackey on July 24, 1941 in Rossville, GA and to this union there was one child, Emily C. Wright. Daisy was a member of Shiloh Full Gospel Baptist Church where she served on the Mother Board. She was employed for over 40 years at the popular clothing store, Bon Marche in Kankakee, IL. Daisy’s hobbies included playing the organ, watching game shows, especially Wheel of Fortune, and spending time with family and friends. She leaves to cherish her memory, three grandchildren, Beverly (Lester) Hood of Kankakee, IL, Clarence (Sheila) Wright Jr. of Detroit, MI and Perry (Grace) Wright of Kankakee, IL; one sister, Mary Kathryn Dorsey of Bourbonnais, IL; nephews that she helped to raise, Robert L. Johnson of Detroit, MI and Roland B. (Evangeline) Johnson of Kankakee, IL; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and a host of nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends. Mrs. Lackey was preceded in death by her husband, James (J.B.) Lackey; daughter, Emily C. Wright; grandson, Kevin Lynn Wright Sr.; siblings, Mildred Johnson, Thelma Morris, Olga James, Alice Brown, Mary Louise Brown, Margaret Havis, Raymond Murden and Theodore Murden; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Alonzo Johnson, Rev. Edward Oscar Morris, Arthur James, Kenneth Brown, Phillip Brown Sr., Marion Thomas Havis, Mary Helen Murden and Delores Murden. Daisy will be missed by family and friends, but our God only wants the best, so sleep on and take your rest. We all loved you but God loved you best.