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==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 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/>

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/>