1895–1983

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 3, 1895, Lone Oak, Tex­as.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 21, 1983, Me­tho­dist Hos­pi­tal, Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky, of pneu­mon­ia.

Buried: Ev­er­green Ce­me­te­ry, Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky.

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Biography

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 Hap­py and known as Un­cle Hap­py by 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

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Angel Voic­es in the Night
  2. Battle of Ar­ma­ged­don, The
  3. Blood of Je­sus Makes Me Free, The
  4. Children, Learn the Bless­ed Bi­ble!
  5. Faith Is the Key to the King­dom of God
  6. Herald Song, The
  7. He’s the Shep­herd of My Soul
  8. His Blood Alone Can Make You Free
  9. His War of Right­eous­ness Is Near
  10. I Love the Name of Je­sus
  11. I Love to Sing the Good Old Songs
  12. I Want to Meet My Friends in Hea­ven
  13. I Will Meet You in Hea­ven That Day
  14. If I Could Win the World for Je­sus
  15. I’ll Bear the Cross of Je­sus
  16. I’m Hid­den Be­hind the Blood
  17. In That Ci­ty Bright and Fair
  18. In This Wil­der­ness of Sin
  19. Jesus Is Able to Go All the Way
  20. Jesus Is Watch­ing You
  21. Let Your Life Be Full of Days
  22. Let’s Sing the Good Old Songs
  23. Liberty Bell
  24. Mother Dear Has Gone to Hea­ven
  25. My Lord Is Ev­ery­where
  26. My Spi­rit Shall Nev­er Go Down to the Grave
  27. Nature’s Song
  28. No Black­outs in Hea­ven
  29. On the Sun­set Trail
  30. Plenty of Room in Hea­ven for All
  31. Reach Down un­to Me
  32. Savior’s Love Is All I Need
  33. Sing for Me the Songs of Je­sus
  34. Star of Beth­le­hem, The
  35. That Sweet Home on High
  36. There’s Vic­to­ry up­on His Wings
  37. They’re Sing­ing in Glo­ry To­day
  38. This Earth Life Is Filled with Tri­als and Cares
  39. This Old World Needs God’s Sal­va­tion
  40. True Vic­to­ry’s Song
  41. Veil in the Tem­ple, The
  42. We Shall Meet to Part No More
  43. Whate’er for His You May Do
  44. Where Je­sus Is
  45. Where the Fair Rose of Sha­ron

Music

  1. I Love You, Mo­ther Dear
  2. Just Smile
  3. Never Speak Ang­ry Words
  4. Ten Com­mand­ments, The

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