When Worth Henry Lackey was born on 30 January 1899, in Catawba, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Milton Lackey, was 32 and his mother, Martha Jane Reep, was 29. He married Annie Lee Marlow on 20 October 1923, in Catawba, North Carolina, United States. He lived in Mountain Creek Township, Catawba, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and Newton, Catawba, North Carolina, United States in 1963. He died on 22 November 1963, in Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Catawba, North Carolina, United States.