G.W. Hauskins

George W. Hauskins (G.W.) age 92, was born on February 9, 1923 in Lafayette Tennessee to Mattie and Jesse Hauskins at the Gap of the Ridge community. He grew up hunting and fishing and farming his mother's farm. He was the president of the Class of 1941 at Macon County High School, a member of the undefeated 1941 Tiger football team and president of the Macon County FFA chapter. He was saved as a 12 year old boy at Keystone Schoolhouse and was a member and of the Brattontown Missionary Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher for over 60 years. He is a veteran of WWII and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 where he flew as a ball turret gunner on the B-17 Yankee Doodle Dandy. G.W. and his crew were shot down over Germany on his 21st mission in 1944. He was a P.O.W. for almost a year and was liberated in 1945 and was awarded the Air Medal and a Purple Heart.

He returned home to his beloved Macon County where he spent most of his life. G.W. taught new methods of agriculture education to returning veterans for 2 years before becoming a rural letter carrier for the U.S. Postal system. He served as postmaster of Lafayette for 10 years until his retirement. He also worked at American Greetings as a supervisor. G.W. served as President of the Lafayette Rotary Club, and organized the Macon County Sportsman's Club and was a member of the Cordell Hull Rural Development Board. He also was a member of the V.F.W. and Former P.O.W. National organization.

Preceding him in death in addition to his parents was his brother, Dick Hauskins. G.W. leaves behind a sister Hildreth Hall. He married his wife of 63 years, Bobbie Jean Marsh, on April 5, 1953 who survives. They are the parents of 3 children Jill (Phillip) Shrum of Goodlettsville, Jack (Penny) Hauskins of Lafayette, and Jesse Hauskins (Brenda) of Hendersonville. He was a loving grandfather of Josh and Isaac Hauskins, Holly Adcock, Allie Ellis, Alex Shrum, Peyton Hauskins and Bailey Hauskins. He is also survived by 9 great grandchildren Matthew and Zachary Adcock, Ann Marie Scott, Collin, Olivia, and Jackson Hauskins, and Kadance and Kenneth Hauskins, and Macklin Hart. Although Alzheimer's was a constant enemy in his later years, G.W. never lost sight of his love for God and shared that with those that cared for him. He was constantly saying Amen, Amen, and offered prayers at mealtime. As he prayed for so many over the years, he never stopped praying for everyone around him. The family is eternally grateful to his many caregivers in Lafayette, at the Hearth in Hendersonville and at NHC Place, who were always kind and loving toward G.W.

Funeral services for G.W. Hauskins were conducted on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 1 PM from the chapel of Alexander Funeral Home with Elder Barry Miller officiating. Interment with full military honors followed in the Macon County Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Josh Hauskins, Isaac Hauskins, Peyton Hauskins, Alex Shrum, Zachary Adcock, and Collin Hasukins.