Born: April 3, 1895, Lone Oak, Texas.
Died: January 21, 1983, Methodist Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, of pneumonia.
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Haskell was the husband of Marie Addie Dennison. They met through a telegram for a bride service, before the great flood of 1937. Haskell came to Kentucky shortly after meeting Addie.
Haskell was nicknamed
Happyand known asUncle Happyby those who loved and befriended him.He contracted polio as a child, which left him with a limp. He and Addie had no children, due the effects of the polio.
He was a house painter for most of his life, and worked on pianos and pump organs in his down time. Haskell and his brother William (from Texas), wrote many songs together.
During his later years, he enjoyed passing the time sitting on his front porch making toys for neighborhood kids at the home he shared with Addie Marie on South Preston Street in Louisville.
He was a big fan of country western shows such as Hee-Haw, Gunsmoke, and train shows.
Biography courtesy of great nephew Daniel Coffman
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