George Hastings Liveakos known as George H., 95, of Pensacola died at Azalea Trace on October 23, 2011 from leukemia. He was born on November 30, 1915 in Holly Springs, GA to Mack A. Liveakos from Greece and Annie O. Bentley. He was raised in Pensacola and Greenville, AL. As a child he played ball in Seville SQ, fished in the Bay and played brass in the Salvation Army Band. As a newsboy he bought the paper for 1 cent and sold it for 2. He worked free in Daddy Macks caf. He married his beloved wife, Dora Eddins of Florala, AL in DeFuniak Springs, FL in 1942. They were happily married for more than 50 years. He attended Greenville HS and graduated from Troy State University. He joined the Horse Drawn Field Artillery in 1936 stationed at Ft Benning, GA. His tours included stateside in AL, AK, GA, OK, VA, and overseas Okinawa, Japan, Korea, England and Germany. He retired in 1966 as Lt Colonel in the Army of the US. His last assignment was Transportation Officer, Ft Rucker, AL. He received the Army Commendation Medal. In 1984 he retired from UWF where he worked in Maintenance and Special Projects. He was a fisherman, hunter, golfer and gardener. In his prime he shot scratch golf. In his later years he shot his age. He has several hole-in-one trophies. His politics and religion were conservative. He was right. He was as progressive on race issues as any white man from Alabama born in 1915 could be. Back then bigots hated the Blacks, the Jews and the Italians and they werent smart enough to tell an Italian from a Greek. So George H., a second generation Greek American from Alabama was a Brother to all. Amen! He served with the Master Workmen Class of First Baptist Church, Pensacola. George H. had stories to tell. These stories are indelibly engraved in our hearts and minds. Our legacy will be to play them back on demand. Tell me a George H. story. He is survived by his son, Cornelius DeWitt Liveakos, aka Neil of Pensacola; his grandchildren, Susanna Lynn Liveakos Brent, aka Susie from MI and George MacNeil Liveakos, aka Mac from MA; his great-grandchild, Zelda Brent from MI; his sister, Christine Seay from NM and his friend, Wynona Wagner. He is preceded by his parents and his beloved wife, Dora Eddins; his brother, Gus Liveakos of Tupelo, MS and his sister, Helen Liveakos Faulkner of Montgomery, AL. Pallbearers will be his nephews. Memorial Service will be held 2:30 to 3:00pm Thursday, October 27, 2011 at Azalea Trace. Visitation will be held 5-7pm Thursday, October 27, 2011 at Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel. Funeral Service will be held 10:00am Friday, October 28, 2011 at Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel with Dr. Barry Howard officiating. Burial will follow at Barrancas National Cemetery at 11:00am with full military honors. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army. HONOR * INTEGRITY * FIDELITY HARPER-MORRIS MEMORIAL CHAPEL is in charge of arrangements.