West Carroll County Louisiana Archives News.....Final Rites for John A. Hurt November 9, 1939
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West Carroll Gazette-Oak Grove, La. November 9, 1939
  Funeral services for John A. Hurt, 60, prominent West carroll plantation 
owner, were conducted from the home of J.H. Lusk at Epps this afternoon at 
2:30 o'clock.  Following the rites at the residence, services were continued 
at a Delhi Cemetery where interment was made.  Conducting final rites for the 
well-known citizen was the Rev. L.T. Hasting, pastor of the First Baptist 
church of Monroe, and he was assisted by the Rev. H.w. Ledbetter, pastor of 
the Epps Methodist Church and the Rev. Almand, pastor of the Delhi Baptist 
Church.  
  Mr. Hurt died at 11 a.m. Wednesday following a stroke of paralysis on 
Tuesday.  Mr. and Mrs. Hurt were isiting in the Lusk home when he was stricken.
  Surviving the deceased are the widow, Mrs. Ruby G. Hurt; a son, John David 
Hurt of Raleigh, N.C.; one daughtr, Mrs. J.C. Grubbs of Epps; his mother, Mrs. 
G.B. Hurt of St. Louis, Mo; Mrs.W.H. Johnson of Salisburg, Mo. Mrs. M.W. 
Taylor of Spokane, Wash. and one brother, Grant B. Hurt of Keytesville, Mo.  
Another daughter , Mrs. S.A. Wall, died several years ago.
  Mr. Hurt was for years a leader in church business and civic affairs of West 
Carroll, being widely and favorably known.  He was a member of the Delhi 
Baptist Church.
  He was born in Charlton County, Mo. September 25, 1879.  He and Mrs Hurt 
were married in 1907.  She was the former Miss ruby Brower.
  Mr. and Mrs. Hurt moved to West Carroll from Colorado in 1913, and continued 
to reside in the parish until 1917 at which time they moved to alabama.  In 
1927 the couple returned to West Carroll and had been residents near Epps 
since.
  

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