Elijah A. (Lige) and Sarah Elizabeth Searcy Hackett Family
E.A. (Lige) Hackett 1858-1940 & his wife Sarah Elizabeth Searcy Hackett 1864-1934 Family.
E.A. and Sarah Hackett's children left to right:
William James (Bill) Hackett m. Lena Pearl McCall, d/o Charlie Jay and Ollie Lee Duke McCall.
Elvie Alma Hackett m. David Smith
Eddie Alman Hackett m. Millie Bell Thompson
Edgar Anthum Hackett m. Ina Duke
Henry Oscar Hackett m. Mallie Lee Kemp, d/o John Morgan & Virgie Frances (Allen) Kemp
Ovanda Velma (per Bible), but called Ophelia, m. Dr. Charlie Ward Robinson
John Leslie (Les) Hackett (with hand on mother's shoulder) m. 24 December 1918
Willie Bebee McCall, d/o Charlie Jay & Ollie Lee (Duke) McCall.
Leslie owned and operated the Hackett Funeral Home in Kempville and one in Celina,
Clay County, Tennessee. Willie Bebee operated it for years after his death.
The Hackett Chapel is named in their honor in the present Sanderson Funeral Home in Kempville, Tennessee.
According to their granddaughter, Ruth Hackett, who helped identify these children,
E.A. and Sarah were lovingly called Pappy and Mammy by their children.
Elijah A. (Lige) Hackett was the son of William Temple (Buck) And Mahala Jane Vance Hackett.
Sarah was the daughter of James S. and Martha F. Jones Sircy.
Lige and Sarah Elizabeth Hackett are buried in the Hackett Cemetery in Kempville.