Howard Henry Lackey was born December 29, 1929, in Hartshorne, Oklahoma and passed away peacefully in Medford, Oregon on November 1, 2005.

Services are on Monday, November 7, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in the Greenlawn Memorial Chapel located at 3700 River Blvd., Bakersfield. Visitation will be held on Sunday November 6, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Howard was the 9th of 10 children born to Henry and Oney Lackey.

His family left their farm in Lone Oak, Oklahoma and migrated to Bakersfield during the Dust Bowl in 1938 when he was 8 years old.

He grew up in the home his father built in Lamont and was a member of the Southern Baptist Church that his father helped to build. He attended Mountain View School in Lamont and Kern County Union High School in Bakersfield.

In 1950 he married Beverly Joyce Palmer with whom he had two daughters, Donna and Sandra.

An advertising executive, Howard began working when he was 16 years old at Sears Roebuck in downtown Bakersfield. His first job with Sears was pumping gas in the Auto Center Department. A year later he was promoted to Assistant in the Shipping & Receiving Department, and 4 years later worked as assistant to the manager in Customer Service and the Service Shop. After two years, he became Manager of the Catalog Sales Department and, in 1958, was promoted to Manager of the Advertising Sales Department. In 1970, he was appointed Assistant Advertising Manager of Sears Roebucks 18-store Pacific Northwest Zone, and was later appointed Advertising Manager in Sears Seattle Regional Headquarters where he was responsible for a 5-state territory.

After retiring from Sears, he continued his career in marketing with Manpower, Inc. in Bakersfield and Pacific International Enterprises in Medford, Oregon. He served on the boards of many marketing and professional organizations. In later years he managed commercial and residential real estate in Oregon.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Oney Lackey; 4 brothers, Clifton Lackey, James Lackey, Lois Lackey and John Lackey and 2 sisters, Lucille Horner and Arlene Sullivan.

Howard is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Donna and Richard Haynes of Bakersfield (and grandson, Cody and wife, Anika Haynes); Sandra Lackey and Dale Bingham of San Diego (and granddaughters, Angela and Michelle); sisters, Ruth Dailey of Anaheim and Grace Trueblood of Bakersfield and brother, Arle Lackey of Bakersfield; and his loving companion of 25 years, Bobbie Honeycutt of Grants Pass, Oregon, and their dog, Cocoa, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Howard valued family and friends above all else and was deeply loved and respected in return. He possessed an unsurpassed work ethic and was an avid motorcycle rider and classic car enthusiast.

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