ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: HASTINGS, GEORGE W, III
 
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Honaker Funeral Home, Slidell, La.

Died: Thursday, January 22, 2015

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HASTINGS, GEORGE W, III
    January 22, 2015

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George Wilbert Hastings, III, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2015.

Son of George W. Hastings and Rose Michel Hastings.
Beloved husband of Norma A. Hastings.
Father of two children: Michael Hastings of Perkinston, Mississippi and Susan 
Hastings Secord (Mark) of Pettus, Texas. Two step daughters, Rene Albert 
Weising (Christopher) of Orlando, Florida and Vanessa Albert Rudd (Howard) of 
Pt. Pleasant Beach, New Jersey.
Also, 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

Born, raised and educated in New Orleans, Louisiana, lived in Eden Isles, 
Slidell, Louisiana and moved to Flower Mound Texas in 2006. Veteran of the 
Marine Corp Engineer School Battalion, employed by Lockheed Martin, as a 
construction engineering supervisor, retired in 1998 and Boeing Aerospace, both 
at Michoud facility. 
Recipient of Silver Snoopy award from Lockheed Martin and Honoree of NASA Space 
Flight Awareness Launch- STS-76. It was NASA’s 76th Space Shuttle mission, and 
the 16th mission for Atlantis. STS-76 launched on 22 March 1996 at 3:13 am EST 
(UTC-5) from Kennedy Space Center Launch pad 39B (and numerous other awards 
during his employment at Michoud. Former President of American Institution of 
Plant Engineers (AIPE), Louisiana chapter. Recipient of the Order of St. Louis 
IXS Medallion award from the Archdiocese of New Orleans, LA in 2005 presented 
by Most Reverend Alfred C. Hughes, Archbishop of New Orleans and St. Luke the 
Evangelist Catholic Church, Slidell, LA appreciation ward in 1999. Past member 
of the Krewe of the Bilge, Eden Isles, LA, Parishioner of St. Philip Catholic 
Church, Lewisville, Texas.

Celebration of Life Memorial Service at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic,Slidell, 
LA on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 10:00 A.M.

Mass intentions in lieu of flowers.

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