Celeste (Roberson) Luckett (1910 - 2010)

Born 25 Jul 1910 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ignatius Semmes Luckett Sr — married 1933 in Mississippi, United States

Died 3 Mar 2010 at age 99 in Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Celeste was born in 1910. She was the daughter of James Roberson and Celeste Hill. She passed away in 2010.

Obituary^[1]

Clarksdale - CELESTE ROBERTSON [sic] LUCKETT, 99, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Luckett was born to Celeste Hill and J. Lake Roberson, a Clarksdale attorney. She was the great-granddaughter of U.S. Senator H.D. Money and the granddaughter of U.S. Congressman Shed Hill. She attended the University of Mississippi, where six generations of her family have attended. While at Ole Miss, she was a member of Phi Mu Sorority and named Most Typical Co-Ed. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames, and The Sewing Club. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Mrs. Luckett is survived by her children, Celeste Luckett Stewart of Memphis, Semmes Luckett, Jr. of Clarksdale, and Lucretia Luckett Boyle and her husband, Tom, of Bend, OR; her grandchildren, Tommy Boyle of Missoula, MT, Lucretia Money Boyle Kinnear and her husband, Jared, of Portland, OR, Devin Boyle of Portland, OR, Celeste Weeks of Clarksdale, Elizabeth Weeks Weston and her husband, Steve, of Jackson, Frazier Weeks of Memphis, Sara Weeks Wittich and her husband, Marcus, of Atlanta, GA, Kate Weeks Voldrich and her husband, Mike, of Denver, and Jennifer Weeks Walthal and her husband, Ward, of Memphis, and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Semmes Luckett, a Clarksdale attorney, and her daughter, Claudia Money Luckett, and her brothers, J. Lake Roberson, Jr. and Shed Hill Roberson. Funeral services were held Friday, March 5 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Clarksdale. Burial followed in Oakridge Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - Saturday, March 6, 2010

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGW-MTB : accessed 28 November 2015), Celeste R Luckett in household of I Semmes Luckett, Clarksdale, Beat 4, Coahoma, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-16, sheet 15B, family 370, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2017.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS4Q-PWL : accessed 28 November 2015), Celeste R Luckett, 03 Mar 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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