Horace Hall Hastings

HASTINGS, Horace Hall, 87, of Mechanicsville. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, George W. and Julia Banks Hall Hastings; two brothers, James Maston and G. Perkins Hastings; two sisters, Mildred Hastings Overton and Estelle Hastings Daniel; and his wife of 60 years, Earle King Hastings. Mr Hastings is survived by his daughter, Bliss Hastings Bourne and her husband, Douglas N. Bourne, of Fredericksburg, Va.; his son, Earl Hall Hastings and his wife, June Pickett Hastings; one grandson, Michael Lewis Hastings of Richmond; his devoted niece, Barbara Jean Wheat of Mechanicsville; and by many loving friends and other family members. Mr. Hastings was a 1939 graduate of Danieltown High School in Brunswick, Va. He served in the Army during WWII and was awarded the Bronze Star for his action in the European Theater. He was a longtime employee of Philip Morris Tobacco Company and served as an officer in the United Tobacco Workers Local. Mr. Hastings was a member of the Washington-Henry Masonic Lodge as well as the Moose Club. He and his family were members of Cool Spring Baptist Church. The family will receive visitors from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at the Mechaniscville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Rd., where a funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 3. Interment at Signal Hill Memorial Park, Hanover, Va. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mr. Hastings's memory to Ashcake Volunteer Rescue Squad, 8375 New Ashcake Rd., Mechanicsville, Va. 23116.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.