Frank James Hurt Jr.

1929 - 2008

Frank James Hurt Jr., 79, of Anderson, S.C., died of natural causes on Monday, October 13, 2008, at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2008, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Father Ron Davidson will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, October 17, 2008, from 1 to 2 p.m. at BowenDonaldson Home for Funerals. Mr. Hurt was born on August 18, 1929, in Aiken, S.C., and was the son of Frank James Hurt and Willie Mae Goodwin Hurt, both deceased. He graduated from Richmond Academy in Augusta and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1946 to 1949. He attended the Navy School of Music and served as a China Marine between World War II and the Korean Conflict. Following the service, he graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1954 with a B.S. in industrial engineering. He was a member of the Georgia Tech Marching Band and served as captain. He had a full career with Burlington Industries for 31 years, retiring as an Executive Vice President. During his life, he served in many volunteer capacities to include the Jaycees, the Boy Scouts of America in Virginia, the Rotary Club in Arkansas, President of the Youth Council of Monticello, Ark., Board member of Commercial Bank of Monticello and other club and social organizations in Arkansas, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. He was an active member of the Episcopal Church in all the communities he lived in. He was most recently a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Anderson, S.C. Mr. Hurt is survived by his wife, Constance "Bunny" Julian Hurt, of Anderson, S.C.; two daughters, Sandy Hurt Payne and her husband, Robert, and their daughter, Hallie Payne, of Greensboro, N.C., and Angie Quarles and her sons, Michael, Christopher, and Jordan, and daughter, Connie, and greatgranddaughter, Reagan, of Las Vegas, Nev.; two sons, Frank J. Hurt III and his son, Garrett Hurt, of Atlanta, and George J. Hurt and his wife, Angela Hurt, of Henderson, Nev. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Grace Episcopal Church, 711 McDuffie St., Anderson, S.C. 29624. You may sign the online guest register at www.bowen-donaldson.com. Arrangements by BowenDonaldson Home for Funerals , Tifton, S.C., 229-382-4255.