Mr. Henry Eugene Gene Hastings, age 89 of Lewisburg, died Monday afternoon in Marshall Medical Center.
A native of Petersburg, Mr. Hastings was the son of the late Henry and Leona Pack Hastings, retired from Heil-Quaker Corporation where he served as a lineman, a former member of the Petersburg Lions Club, and a member of the Church Street Church of Christ. Mr. Hastings was dedicated to the church and regularly served others by visiting, or delivering Meals-on-Wheels for the senior center.
He is survived by his wife: Evelyn Isley Hastings of Lewisburg; and was preceded in death by his brother and sisters: Allen Hastings, Robbie Beard, and Ruby Freeman.
The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 12:00 noon until 4:00 PM at Bills McGaugh Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 4:00 PM from the chapel of Bills McGaugh Funeral Home with Charles Williamson officiating. Interment will follow in the Sunset Park Cemetery, Garden of Hope.
Pallbearers will be Robert Neill, Wayne Winsett, Jimmy Hunter, Sidney White, Richard Finley, and Michael Cheatham. Honorary pallbearers will be Fount Webb and Nat Shires.