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| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>

| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>

Long-term resident of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]​

Long-term resident of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]​

| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<br>Rapides Parish, Louisiana​

| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<br>Rapides Parish, Louisiana​

| spouse=Gloria Williams Hearn​<br>

| spouse=Gloria Williams Hearn​<br>

==Background==

==Background==

Hearn was born to Thomas Watson Hearn, Sr. (1895–1962), and the former May Peters (1900–1990),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 24, 2010}}</ref> who moved to [[Shreveport]], Louisiana, at which he was active in the former Queensboro Baptist Church, located coincidentally on Hearne Avenue and now the location of the [[African American]] Bright Star Baptist Church.

Hearn was born to Thomas Watson Hearn, Sr. (1895–1962), and the former May Peters (1900–1990), who moved to [[Shreveport]], Louisiana, at which he was active in the former Queensboro Baptist Church, located coincidentally on Hearne Avenue and now the location of the [[African American]] Bright Star Baptist Church.

Hearn attended public schools in Caddo Parish and served as a signalman in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Thereafter, he began work on numerous degrees and advanced studies at three institutions in [[Texas]]: East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary] in [[Fort Worth]], and [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=george-earl-hearn&pid=145331127|title=Dr. George Earl Hearn|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date= September 14, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>​

Hearn attended public schools in Caddo Parish and served as a signalman in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Thereafter, he began work on numerous degrees and advanced studies at three institutions in [[Texas]]: East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary] in [[Fort Worth]], and [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=george-earl-hearn&pid=145331127|title=Dr. George Earl Hearn|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date= September 14, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1998, Hearn was unseated, 55-45 percent, by Republican Carol Jeukens Cunningham, the wife of Chris Cunningham.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, May 2, 1998.</ref> In 2000, Hearn unsuccessfully opposed, 66-32 percent, the Democrat Clarence R. Fields,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |title=Pineville municipal election returns, October 7, 2000 |publisher=electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov |accessdate=September 24, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904033849/http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |archivedate=September 4, 2010 }}</ref> a former city council member who became mayor in 1999 and ran for the remainder of the term vacated by Fields' predecessor, Republican [[Leo Deslatte]]. Fields, an African American who is still the Pineville mayor, expressed regret on former rival Hearn's death and said that Hearn had "served the city well."<ref name=hearn>"George Hearn, former long-term LC professor and former Pineville coucilman, dies at the age of 83," ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', September 14, 2010.</ref>​

In 1998, Hearn was unseated, 55-45 percent, by Republican Carol Jeukens Cunningham, the wife of Chris Cunningham.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, May 2, 1998.</ref> In 2000, Hearn unsuccessfully opposed, 66-32 percent, the Democrat Clarence R. Fields,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |title=Pineville municipal election returns, October 7, 2000 |publisher=electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov |accessdate=September 24, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904033849/http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |archivedate=September 4, 2010 }}</ref> a former city council member who became mayor in 1999 and ran for the remainder of the term vacated by Fields' predecessor, Republican [[Leo Deslatte]]. Fields, an African American who is still the Pineville mayor, expressed regret on former rival Hearn's death and said that Hearn had "served the city well."<ref name=hearn>"George Hearn, former long-term LC professor and former Pineville coucilman, dies at the age of 83," ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', September 14, 2010.</ref>​

==Death and legacy==​

==Death and legacy==

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Hearn died at the age of eighty-three in Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria. He was survived by his wife, Gloria Williams Hearn (born April 22, 1934), and a daughter and son-in-law, Gail Hearn Smith and Andrew Smith of [[New York City]].<ref name=obit/> Gloria Hearn, a retired Pineville educator, was the Democratic candidate in in 2006 for Louisiana's 5th congressional district. She was handily defeated by the then  incumbent Republican [[Rodney Alexander]] of Jackson Parish.

Hearn died at the age of eighty-three in Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria. He was survived by his wife, Gloria Williams Hearn (born April 22, 1934), and a daughter and son-in-law, Gail Hearn Smith and Andrew Smith of [[New York City]].<ref name=obit/> Gloria Hearn, a retired Pineville educator, was the Democratic candidate in in 2006 for Louisiana's 5th congressional district. She was handily defeated by the then  incumbent Republican [[Rodney Alexander]] of Jackson Parish.

<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Congressional election returns, 2006.</ref> George Hearn was predeceased by the couple's son, George Eugene "Gene" Hearn. Services were held on September 18, 2010, at First Baptist Church in Pineville, where Hearn had long been a long-term member. Hearn was also an ordained minister and served on an interim basis at numerous area churches. He is interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>​

<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Congressional election returns, 2006.</ref> George Hearn was predeceased by the couple's son, George Eugene "Gene" Hearn. Services were held on September 18, 2010, at First Baptist Church in Pineville, where Hearn had long been a long-term member. Hearn was also an ordained minister and served on an interim basis at numerous area churches. He is interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>​

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At a ceremony in his honor upon retirementin 2000 from the Louisiana College faculty, Hearn said that he encouraged students to work for the good of man and the glory of [[God]] and that he attempted to direct his students beyond the classroom but in their "overall [[Christianity|Christian]] higher education."<ref name=hearn/>

At a ceremony in his honor upon retirement in 2000 from the Louisiana College faculty, Hearn said that he encouraged students to work for the good of man and the glory of [[God]] and that he attempted to direct his students beyond the classroom but in their "overall [[Christianity|Christian]] higher education."<ref name=hearn/>

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