Stanley Bruce Hastings

Obituaries

Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:16

Mr. Stanley Bruce Hastings, 73 of Limrock passed away on Monday, February 8, 2021 at his home. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at Broad Street Church of Christ with Terry Broome and Bill Cantrell officiating. Burial followed in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Stan was born on Thursday, September 11, 1947. He spent his childhood working on his family farm in Limrock and graduated from Scottsboro High Class of 1965. He then served his country in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. Stan was later employed with IBM for 43 years and retired in 2008. He enjoyed working on the family farm, bailing hay, fixing fences, raising cattle, driving his tractor and enjoying the outdoors. He had a great love for his wife, his children and their wives and his four grandchildren. His greatest love was for the Lord and His church and was a member of the Church of Christ for many years. He loved live but was ready and prepared for the life to come. Stan was truly a joy to all who knew him as a husband, father, granddad and friend. He will be greatly missed but never forgotten.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce Hastings; sons, Chad (Jessica) Hastings, Mark (Rachel) Hastings; grandchildren, Alyssa Hastings, Katie Hastings, Hannah Hastings, Ben Hastings; sister-in-law, Janis Hastings. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gentry and Ruby Hastings; brother, Donald Hastings.
The words of Apostle Paul can also be used for Stan: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:7, 8)