C. E. Hackett
Former Smith County Executive C. E. Hackett of Gordonsville, peacefully entered into eternal rest at 9:18 p.m. Sunday evening October 25, 2026 one day after his 97th birthday. His death came at the Pavilion in Lebanon where he had resided since March 4th of this year.
Funeral services from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home will be conducted on Thursday October 29th at 11 am with his pastor Eld. Anthony Dixon officiating. A niece, Dr. Rita Bates will deliver the eulogy. Burial will follow beside his wife Ruth, of over sixty-two years, and near his grandson Jordan Hackett, in the Garden of Everlasting Life at the Smith County Memorial Gardens with Eld. Rickey Hall officiating.
Masonic Chapel services will be conducted on Wednesday at 7 p.m. by Difficult Masonic Lodge #451.
The Hackett family will receive friends at Sanderson in Carthage on Wednesday afternoon from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. and again on Thursday after 9 a.m.
Mr. Hackett was born Charles Edward Hackett on October 24, 1929, in the Beasley’s Bend community of rural Smith County, Tennessee, and was the sixth of seven children, four sons and three daughters born to the late David (Dave) Cage Hackett who died at the age of 82 on August 13, 1967 and Magdaline (Maggie) Lillian Hiett Hackett who died at the age of 78 on April 13, 1969.
He was preceded in death by all six of his siblings: Henry Hiett Hacket died January 24, 1993 at the age of 82, Mary Eunice Hackett Caplenor died April 9, 1994 at the age of 78, Randall Dayne Hackett died February 24, 1998 at the age of 60, Ernest Reginald Hackett died December 1, 2003 at the age of 90, Etta Cage Hackett Bates died January 16, 2003 at the age of 91, Lena Garrett Hackett Mykitta died April 5, 2013 at the age of 88, Minnie Hackett Harlan who died November 10, 2018 at the age of 99.
He was a 1948 graduate of Smith County High School where he majored in agriculture, served as president of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) in 1948 and also in 1948 served as District President. He participated in boxing his freshman year, for three years he studied Parliamentary Procedure and his senior year played on the Owl football team.
Mr. Hackett’s 1948 class had sixty-eight members and only one, Mr. Jack Cato survives after the death of C.E.
He proudly served our country in the United States Air Force during the early 1950s.
He married Bluff Creek Community native Ruth Iris Wooten on March 14, 1958, at the Cedar Point United Methodist Church. She preceded him in death on May 15, 2020 at the age of 91.
Mr. Hackett also suffered the loss of a son, Kenneth Nelson (Kenny) Hackett, who died as a result of Covid at the age of 56 on March 26, 2021.
He and Mrs. Ruth also experienced the loss of a grandson, Jordan Hackett, who died at the age of 4 months on October 14, 2002.
He had been a member of North Carthage Baptist Church since 1969. He was saved at the Beasley’s Bend School House at an earlier age.
One great joy he had in life, was seeing all five of his children being saved at the North Carthage Baptist Church.
Mr. Hackett began his business career as the founder and owner of Hackett Meat Company in Carthage. He later became a partner in Kenneth O. Lester Company in Lebanon, Tennessee, and went on to pursue numerous successful business ventures throughout his life including owning the Woodjammer Restaurant in Gordonsville, The Town House Restaurant in Carthage. His latest venture was establishing the Cedar Point Subdivision in Gordonsville on the Melvin and Thurman McClanahan farm and later began the purchase and development of the Van Robert Gibbs Farm across Gordonsville Highway from the Gibbs farm.
Dedicated to public service, he also served three terms as Smith County Executive from 1986 to 1998 and first Cunty Judge and by statute while he was in office, it was changed to County Executive and as presently constituted the position is County Mayor.
He is survived by sons, Charles Hackett Jr. and wife Rebecca Catler Hackett of Sylacauga, Alabama, Ronald Hackett and wife Jayne Ann Taylor Hackett of Carthage and Stephen and wife Karen Huffines Hackett of South Carthage; his daughter, Angela Hackett Watson and husband David of Gordonsville, and his daughter-in-law, Ellen Vuillod Hackett of Mount Juliet. Also surviving are his grandchildren, Casey Hackett Swann and husband Eric of the Defeated Creek Community, Catherine Hackett Allen and husband Mark of Mount Juliet, Hunter Hackett and wife Jenna of South Carthage, Alexandra Hackett Richards and husband Scott of Lockport, Illinois, Tanner Hackett and wife Addison of Lebanon, and Georgie Grace Hackett of Hoover, Alabama; six great-grandchildren, sister-in-law, Nancy Hackett of Carthage and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mr. Hackett will be remembered for his dedication to his family, his entrepreneurial spirit, his service to his community, and the lasting impact he made on the lives of those who knew him.
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