DONNELL LOCKETT SR.

December 29, 1943 - March 28, 2019

Donnell Lockett Sr., 75, of Kankakee, died Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Citadel Care Center, Kankakee. Visitation will be Friday, April 5, 2019 from 10:00 A.M. until time of funeral services at 11:00 A.M. at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 650 Fairview Avenue, Bradley, IL. Minister David Johnson will officiate. Cremation rites will be accorded. Donnell Lockett Sr. was born December 29, 1943 in East Chicago, IN to Vermell Sr. and Sadie Anderson Lockett. He graduated from St. Anne High School in 1962 and was a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church. He was united in marriage to Earlene Soyini Verrett on March 30, 2007. He was a self-employed master carpenter whose hobbies were photography, playing the saxophone and gardening. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife Earlene Soyini Verrett of Kankakee, IL; one son Donnell Lockett Jr. of Detroit, MI; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Alia (Randarryl) Lockett-Faulkner, Marla (Jamol) Lockett-Robinson and Alicia Mosley, all of Kankakee, IL; one brother and sister-in-law, Vermell and Patricia Lockett of Sun River Terrace, IL; one sister, Marlene Sylvester of Texas; 16 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Tracy Lockett and one daughter, Kendra Lockett.