Perry Emmett Luckey, born in Milam Co., TX - Son of John Millard Luckey and Rachel Virginia Garner.

Brother of Mary "Ellen", Annie Jane, John Peyton, Mattie Lorena, Jessie "Pearl", Ida Myrtle, Homer Milton, Eunice Oliver and Worth Luckey.

Perry married, before 1902, Mary "Draper" Carter, a daughter of Sinclair B Carter and Tennie Love.

Father of Dorrell Emmit, Harold M, Donald Carter Sr, Bertha and Edward Earl Luckey.

Grandson of Samuel Luckey & Flora Ann Mercer and Isaac Garner Sr & Mary Ann Decker.

Perry died in Rockdale, Milam Co., TX.
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Perry Emmett Luckey, the son of John Millard and Rachel Garner Luckey was born February 28, 1879 in the Millerton Community of Milam County. The old Luckey homestead was located on much of the land where the Sandow Strip mine is now located. On June 1, 1902, he was married to Mary Draper Carter. Her parents were Sinclair Blake and Tennie Love Carter who immigrated to Texas from Mississippi in 1877 and settled in the Tracy Community of Milam County. Mr. Carter was a Confederate veteran and he and his wife had experienced much hardship during the Civil War.

The Luckeys were parents of four sons: Darrell Emmett, Harold Milton, Donald Carter, Edward Earle; and one daughter, Bertha Lucille. The Luckeys were members of the Methodist Church. For a number of years, Mr. Luckey was associated with Henne and Meyer Hardware and Undertaking Company in Rockdale. These two men were pioneers in the burial insurance business and worked toward the enforcement of having burial insurance legalized in Texas. Later they founded the Phillips and Luckey Burial Association.

Mr. Luckey was a quiet an unassuming man and he had a steadfast devotion to principal. His heart was supercharged with love for his fellowman. He was a greatly beloved citizen of Rockdale.

From Matchless Milam, History of Milam County Texas, compiled and edited by Milam County Heritage Preservation Society, A Texas Sesquicentennial Edition.

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Dallas Morning News
August 14, 1946

Rockdale Undertaker, P.E. Luckey, Dies. Rockdale, Texas, Aug. 13 (AP). -- P.E. Luckey, 67, senior partner of the Phillips & Luckey funeral establishment here, died at his home Tuesday. Burial will be here Wednesday afternoon. Survivors include his wife, four sons and a daughter.

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