Louetta Baker Hix Obituary (1956

Louetta Baker Hix, beloved sister, aunt, and friend, succumbed to a lengthy battle with cancer and is now with Jesus. Born in Gallatin, Tennessee, August 27, 1956, she was the youngest of three children born to Ernest and Eliza Hix. She graduated from Gallatin Senior High, and Baylor University. For years, she worked in computer programming, then discovered her passion for helping others as a social worker. She returned to school to obtain her Master's of Social Work from the University of Tennessee Nashville Branch. She graduated in 2001, receiving the Chancellor's Award for Extraordinary Professional Performance bestowed by the faculty. Having developed mental illness in her young adult years, she identified her self as a mental health consumer. She began her work in the Nashville area, applying her brilliant mind, compassion, and tenacity to meeting the needs of those in the mental health community. She was most proud of a grant that helped those with mental illness to become home buyers. Louetta's vision of promoting art as a way to raise awareness of mental health recovery birthed the HAPI project. Through this project, mental health consumers have their art hung in the Parthenon, the Governor's office, and other places of prominance to educate the public and help erase the stigma of mental illness. Louetta's principal hobby was music. She became a pianist and an accomplished clarinetist. While in college at Baylor, she walked into the School of Music, asked if she could audition with her clarinet, and was immediately accepted to play in the selective Wind Ensemble. She fought the battle with breast cancer beginning in 2007. In 2014, due to declines in health, she moved to be near family in the Northwest. She enriched our lives with her sense of humor, and powerfully influenced her nieces, teaching them passionate concern for those less fortunate. She said she wanted to be remembered as one who persevered. Oh how she persevered! We, her family, are so proud and thankful for her life. She is survived by her sister, Nola Hix Attaway (Tom), her nieces Anna, Joy, and Melody (Jon) Gibson, and her sister-in-law, Jennifer Hix. Funeral visitation and funeral services will be held in Nashville, TN on Tuesday March 8th at 11:30 am. Burial will follow in Flat Creek, TN (near Shelbyville). In lieu of flowers please consider donations to Park Center, 801 12th Ave., Nashville, TN 37203 or HAPI, Healing Arts Project, 4641 Chalmers Drive, Nashville, TN 37215.