Jimmy Lee Haskin

View Video Tribute Jimmy Lee Haskin, 60, master welder and craftsman and resident of the Culleoka Community, died Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Williamson Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Kyle Conner officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to Maury County Animal Shelter, 1223 Mapleash Avenue, Columbia, TN 38401. Notes of sympathy may be extended at oakesandnichols.com. The Marshall County native was the son of the late John Haskin and Annie Pearl Roberts Haskin. A 1973 graduate of Culleoka High School, he studied engineering at Columbia State Community College and maintained a 4.0 grade average. He was associated with Custom Steel Fabricators for 31 years as a Master Welder and Craftsman and later with Walker Die Casting in Lewisburg for three years. A licensed electrician, he owned and operated Jim's Heating & Cooling and was a certified welding inspector. His vocation was his hobby and he applied his talents restoring antique tractors with his brother, Joe. He started watching his brothers work on cars as a youngster and became a first class auto mechanic. He and his brother, "Peanut," were involved in souping up Highway Patrol cars and he and his brother, Joe, built a 1969 Z28 Camero from ground up. His family stated: "He couldn't have made it through his illness without Joe, Ann, and Faye. He fought hard to stay alive for three years battling cancer. He wanted to live more than anything to be with his family. He was a wonderful son, brother, friend, husband, father, and grandfather. Always ready to help anyone, he would take phone calls and explain how to fix things, free of charge. He was a brilliant man and will be missed terribly by all his loved ones. Jim loved his neighbors and playing with the neighborhood pets." Survivors include his wife, Brenda Steele Haskin, whom he married November 12, 1988; daughter, Randee (Greg) Smith of McMinnville; sisters, Maggie (Herschel) Campbell and Mamie Osborne of Culleoka, Faye Alexander and Ann Owens of Columbia; brothers, John Thomas "Bud" (Christine) Haskin of Culleoka and Joe (Shelia) Haskin of Columbia; beloved grandchildren, Dalton (Katie) Donovan, Shadon Peery, Carter Smith, and Maddie Smith; unborn great-granddaughter, Aubrey; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by sisters, Mary Frances Osborne and Margie Pearl Davidson; brother, James Leonard "Peanut" Haskin; dear friends, Michael Payne, Cameron Scott; and beloved pets, Sully, Titan, and Butchie. Active pallbearers are Johnny Alexander, Artie Haskin, David Osborne, Larry Osborne, Charles Osborne, Dewayne Osborne, Gary Osborne. Honorary pallbearers include special nephew, Jeff Owens, friends at Custom Steel and Walker Die Casting, Cody Davis, Dalton Donovan, Shadon Peery, neighbors on Randlin Drive, Brenda's Farm Bureau friends, Otis Steele, Mandy McEwen Mills, Stephanie Massey Lovett. The family expresses appreciation to the staff of Williamson Medical Center and Dr. Covarrubias, Dr. Ruth Lamar, oncology nurses, Katie, Lisa, and Marilyn, Haley at Walgreen's, Christine Booker at Wendy's, Katie Church, and Debbie Lovell for their care and concern during his illness.