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- MHR note: Austin remarried.
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- Ex-Frankfort billiard hall owner dies at age 85
Frankfort – Austin Hockensmith, former owner and operator of Hockensmith’s Billiard Parlor, died Friday at King’s Daughters Memorial Hospital, apparently of complications from pneumonia. He was 85.
Hockensmith ran the pool hall on St. Clair Street from before the Depression to the early 1960s. It was a popular gathering place, particularly during the Depression. Patrons knew it as Hock’s Pool Room.
Hockensmith was also involved in real estate, including rental property.
As a young man, he sold and repaired cars in Lexington.
He lived at 307 Steele Street.
He was an associate member of the Fraternal Order of Police and a member of South Frankfort Presbyterian Church.
He was also an Army veteran.
Hockensmith is survived by a daughter, Linda Moreland of Frankfort; a sister, Iva H. Read of Frankfort; a half-sister, Wavie Moore of Lexington; three half-brothers, Hugh and Arch Hockensmith, both of Frankfort, and Clyde Hockensmith of Detroit; six step-grandchildren; and eight step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Rogers Funeral Home. Visitation is after 4 p.m. today.
Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky. Sunday, 10 July 1983.
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