Funeral service for Eddie Lockhart, 94, of Auburn, AL, will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 12, 2025, at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 8485 Gold Hill Road, Auburn, AL. 36830 with interment in Evergreen Cemetery, 1409 Monroe Avenue, Opelika, AL, 36801, Reverend Marvin Mervin will officiate.

Mr. Lockhart, who passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at the Bethany House in Auburn, Alabama, was born February 25, 1931, in Lee County, Alabama.

Public viewing will be Friday, April 11, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Mr. Lockhart will lie in repose at the church one hour prior to the service.

He leaves to cherish his precious memory: five children, Eddie B. (Tina) Lockhart, Jr. of San Antonio, TX, Beverly Lockhart McGraw, Joseph (Bernetta) Lockhart both of Leeds, AL, Nathaniel (Mary) Lockhart of Opelika, AL and Jackie Jerald (Madeline) Lockhart of Leeds, AL; eleven grandchildren, Derek Lockhart of Washington, DC, Kerrest McGraw of Montgomery, AL, Christopher McGraw, Sheree M. Morales, Jamal Lockhart, Patrick Lockhart, Jacoby Lockhart all of Leeds, AL, Kiara Lockhart, Rachael Lockhart, John Lockhart all of Birmingham, AL and Amber Lockhart of Opelika, AL; eleven great-grandchildren; six step-children, Debra (Curtis) Dowdell of Waverly, AL, Vickie (Tommie) Minnefield of Opelika, AL, Calvin Washington of Auburn, AL, Eddie James Washington of Opelika, AL, Mose Washington of Beauregard, AL and Kennie Washington of Waverly, AL; two aunts, Sarah Brooks and Thelma Bailey both of Lanett, AL; devoted friend and caregiver, Shirley M. Rowell of Auburn, AL; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.