SIDNEY HURT

HURT FUNERAL
IS HELD HERE
S. M. R. Hurt Died in
Lexington April
13th.

Funeral services for S. M. R. Hurt, who died Saturday, April 13, 1935,
in the Good Samaritan Hospital, at Lexington, Ky., were held at the
Mayo Memorial Church in Paintsville Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
The services were in charge of Rev. W. I. Canter, pastor of the
church.

Burial was made in the family lot in Mayo Cemetery.

Mr. Hurt was the son of Dr. Robert and Esther M. Leslie Hurt and was
born in Pike County, Ky. He received his early education in the
Kentucky Wesleyan College then located at Millersburg. He was a
graduate of Vanderbilt University, later taking his M. A. degree form
the University of Kentucky.

He received his degree in law from the University of Denver,
practicing law in Colorado and Kentucky.

Mr. Hurt was a scion of one of the most prominent families of Eastern
Kentucky and Virginia and possessed unusual intellectual ability.  He
was a man of sterling Christian character.

Mr. Hurt was married in 1904 to Miss Leora B. Tippett, of Morehead,
Ky.  To this union a daughter and son were born, Mary Esther and
Leslie Hilarie.

He is survived by his wife and two children and the following sisters:
Mrs. Lewis G. Auxier, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Calvin T. Long,
McMinville, Oregon, and Mrs. Cyrus M. Preston of Ashland, Ky.

Mr. Hurt was a brother of Mrs. Mary L. Rice who died in Paintsville two
years ago.

Paintsville Herald
Thursday
4-18-1935

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