William Boone "Bill" Hurt, 81, of Sedalia, died at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia.
He was the son of Ewing and Annabel Mayfield Hurt.
In 1942, in Sedalia, he was married to Mary Jeanette Higdon, who survives in Sedalia.
He graduated from Pilot Grove High School and attended Central Missouri State University.
He was an employee and part owner of Hurt's General Store in Pleasant Green.
He was a Army veteran of World War II, serving from 1942-1945.
After his discharge from the Army he owned and operated the Standard Oil Bulk Station in Bunceton, Missouri. He later was a sales representative for General Foods, Inc. and traveled throughout Missouri for 35 years. He was known as the "Jello King."
Also surviving are two sons, William Ewing Hurt, of Washington, D.C. and Steven Higdon Hurt, of St. Joseph, Missouri; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 10 at the Heckart/Gillespie Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Frederick Zahn officiating.
Burial followed in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Highway 135 North, south of Smithton.
He was the son of Ewing and Annabel Mayfield Hurt.
In 1942, in Sedalia, he was married to Mary Jeanette Higdon, who survives in Sedalia.
He graduated from Pilot Grove High School and attended Central Missouri State University.
He was an employee and part owner of Hurt's General Store in Pleasant Green.
He was a Army veteran of World War II, serving from 1942-1945.
After his discharge from the Army he owned and operated the Standard Oil Bulk Station in Bunceton, Missouri. He later was a sales representative for General Foods, Inc. and traveled throughout Missouri for 35 years. He was known as the "Jello King."
Also surviving are two sons, William Ewing Hurt, of Washington, D.C. and Steven Higdon Hurt, of St. Joseph, Missouri; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 10 at the Heckart/Gillespie Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Frederick Zahn officiating.
Burial followed in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Highway 135 North, south of Smithton.
William Boone "Bill" Hurt, 81, of Sedalia, died at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia.
He was the son of Ewing and Annabel Mayfield Hurt.
In 1942, in Sedalia, he was married to Mary Jeanette Higdon, who survives in Sedalia.
He graduated from Pilot Grove High School and attended Central Missouri State University.
He was an employee and part owner of Hurt's General Store in Pleasant Green.
He was a Army veteran of World War II, serving from 1942-1945.
After his discharge from the Army he owned and operated the Standard Oil Bulk Station in Bunceton, Missouri. He later was a sales representative for General Foods, Inc. and traveled throughout Missouri for 35 years. He was known as the "Jello King."
Also surviving are two sons, William Ewing Hurt, of Washington, D.C. and Steven Higdon Hurt, of St. Joseph, Missouri; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 10 at the Heckart/Gillespie Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Frederick Zahn officiating.
Burial followed in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Highway 135 North, south of Smithton.
He was the son of Ewing and Annabel Mayfield Hurt.
In 1942, in Sedalia, he was married to Mary Jeanette Higdon, who survives in Sedalia.
He graduated from Pilot Grove High School and attended Central Missouri State University.
He was an employee and part owner of Hurt's General Store in Pleasant Green.
He was a Army veteran of World War II, serving from 1942-1945.
After his discharge from the Army he owned and operated the Standard Oil Bulk Station in Bunceton, Missouri. He later was a sales representative for General Foods, Inc. and traveled throughout Missouri for 35 years. He was known as the "Jello King."
Also surviving are two sons, William Ewing Hurt, of Washington, D.C. and Steven Higdon Hurt, of St. Joseph, Missouri; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 10 at the Heckart/Gillespie Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Frederick Zahn officiating.
Burial followed in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Highway 135 North, south of Smithton.
