Mr. Willard Arthur Hurst, age 73, of Beechgrove, TN. passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at the Veteran’s Hospital in Nashville.
Inurnment services will be held at 10 AM, Thursday, October 25, 2012, at Gnat Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Hurst was born April 4, 1939 in Sevierville, Tennessee, the son of the late Mack Connie and Glecern Williams Hurst. He was a U. S. Army Veteran. Mr. Hurst retired from Mid-South Wire Company in Nashville, TN. He enjoyed making walking sticks and collecting old coins.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth and Claby Hurst.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Garrett Hurst of Beechgrove; one son, Stephen Hurst and his wife, Patricia of Bon Aqua, TN; one daughter, Misty Jones of Beech Grove; three sisters, Wanda Hooper of Ohio, Hazel Rhea of Sevierville and Kathleen Whitehouse of North Carolina; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
COFFEE COUNTY FUNERAL CHAPEL IS HONORED TO SERVE THE FAMILY OF MR. WILLARD A. HURST.