Jean Humphries Hurt

Jean Humphries Hurt, 77, of Roanoke, went to be with her Lord on Monday, August 11, 2008. She was a member of Melrose Baptist Church and the Victory Sunday School Class. She retired from the Lewis Gale Clinic in the Medical Records Department and was a former employee of Lewis Gale Hospital as a switchboard operator. She was past Matron of Hillcrest Chapter # 159 OES and was a former member of the ABWA. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Margaret H. "Peggy" Campbell, parents, J. Edward and Margaret M. Humphries. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Mary H. and Giles M. Gilley; grandchildren, Cathy Smith, Brian Gilley and fiancée, Staci Merkdt, Michael Gilley and wife, Lisa, Frank Gilley and wife, Tammy; great-grandchildren, Maggie Bartlett, Giles Bartlett, Ryan Gilley, Autumn Gilley, Abby Gilley, Noah Gilley, Mary Jo Gilley, Edward Gilley, Kemper Gilley, Matthew Smith; sister, Bettie Jo and Steve Brewer; aunts, Bertha H. Lewis and Betty M. Montgomery; and numerous cousins. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, August 14, 2008 at Melrose Baptist Church, with the Rev. Larry Sprouse officiating. The interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family wishes to thank the staff at 8 Mountain PCU at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and her physicians for their wonderful love and care. The family will be receiving friends 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at Oakey's North Chapel, 540-362-1237.