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Saundra Sue (Akers) Lackey

Posted 2023-12-27 by mhenderson
Published in Today's News Herald on Dec. 27, 2023 -
Lake Havasu City, Arizona

>> Saundra Sue Lackey <<
>> May 27, 1942 – December 7, 2023 <<

Saundra Sue Lackey, known as "Tu Tu" by her friends and family, passed
away peacefully on December 7, 2023, in Lake Havasu City, Arizona at the
age of 81.

Tu Tu and Larry met in Perryton, Texas in the summer of 1954, she was 12
and he was 14. They lived across the street from each other and started
going together. They got engaged in May of 1960 when they were 18 and
20. They both moved to Lawton, Oklahoma where Tu Tu attended Beauty
School. After, they went back home to Texas and married on September 9,
1960.

Two years later they started a family. Their son, Larry Joe, was born
May 9, 1962. One year later we had a very tiny baby girl named Shelly,
she was a preemie and weighed 3 lbs.

During their marriage they lived in the Texas Panhandle from 1960-1998.
From there, they moved to Southern California until Dec. 2007 and
finally settled in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Tu Tu is survived by her husband of 63 years, Larry E. Lackey of Lake
Havasu; Her son Larry Joe Lackey (Katie Lackey) also of Lake Havasu; Her
daughter, Shelly Lackey, Christine Jones. Her three grandchildren,
Austin (Crystal Lackey), Jodi (Dave Matthews), and Cale (Julia Lackey)
whom she loved dearly and are her pride & joy. All of her “greats”:
Skylynn, Hailee Mae, Maesynn, Madison, Lily, and Lilah, Oryn, Archer and
Jade. Her great-great-grandson Maverick. Her niece Stephanie Barber and
her husband Mike, her great nephew Dylan and family, Taylor and her
family, great niece Maddison and her family.

Tu Tu is proceeded in death by her parents Gene and Grace Akers, her
sister Jeannie Allen, niece Johnna Wilkerson, her in laws E.V. “Dutch”
and Veda Fern Lackey. Many precious aunts, uncles, cousins, and other
family and friends that she loved.




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