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Hancock County Historical Society

Carthage, Illinois

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John Hurt

CARTHAGE -- Services for John W. Hurt, 79, of Carthage, who died Wednesday in Carthage Memorial Hospital, will be 2 p.m. Friday in Neiser Funeral Home here.

The Rev. Brad Newton will officiate and burial is in Franklin Cemetery.  Visitation is 7-9 tonight. Memorials may be made to the Seventh Day Adventists Church of Carthage of which he was a member.

He was born May 11, 1905 in Floyd County, Va., a son of Cornelius and Martha Hurt.  He was a former maintenance man at Carthage College.  He married Mabel Cox Nov. 5, 1930 in Macomb.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Donald N. of Basco and James C. of Quincy; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Mary) Pollock of Fresno, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by five brothers and a sister.


Hancock County Historical Society

Carthage, Illinois

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John W. Hurt

CARTHAGE, Ill. -- John W. Hurt, 79, of 812 Center, Carthage, died at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday (Aug. 22, 1984) in Carthage Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Hurt was born May 11, 1905, in Floyd County, Va., a son of Cornelius and Martha Hurt.  He married Mabel Cox Nov. 5, 1930, in Macomb.  She survives.  Mr. Hurt was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Donald N. Hurt of Basco and James C. Hurt of Quincy; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Mary) Pollock of Fresno, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by five brothers and a sister.

Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Neiser Funeral Home in Carthage by the Rev. Brad Newton.  Burial will be in Franklin Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.


Hancock County Historical Society

Carthage, Illinois

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JOHN HURT

John W. Hurt, 79, Carthage, died Wednesday Aug. 22, in Memorial Hospital, Carthage.

He was born May 11, 1905, in Floyd County, Va., a son of Cornelius and Martha Hurt.  He married Mabel Cox Nov. 5, 1930, in Macomb.

He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Surviving with his wife are two sons, Donald N. Hurt, Basco and James C. Hurt, Quincy; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Mary) Pollock, Fresno, Calif.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by five brothers and a sister.

Services were held Friday in the Neiser Funeral Home, Carthage, the Rev. Brad Newton officiating.  Burial was in Franklin Cemetery.

A memorial to the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been established.