Clifton Eugene Hurtt

Funeral services for Clifton Eugene Hurtt, 69, of Gilmer, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at Oak Hill Missonary Baptist Church in Upshur County with Bro. Robbie Caldwell and Bro. Dickey Mauk officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Mr. Hurtt passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 in Shreveport. He was born on September 11, 1945, in Corsicana, Texas to Clifton Lee Hurtt and Cora Belle Steward Hurtt. Mr. Hurtt served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War and was a Purple Heart recipient. He worked in the Oilfield and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Hurtt is survived by his wife, Holly Hurtt of Gilmer; son, William Eugene Hurtt and wife, Amy of Gilmer; daughter, Gena Ann Dunaway and husband, James of Ore City, Lora Kristalyn Christensen and husband, Cody L. of Elsinore, Utah; step-sister, Barbara Joe Kinley and husband, Michael of Jackson Hole Wyoming; grandchildren, Melanie Terwilliger, Nicholas Allen Hildebrand, Krystian Allison Hurtt, Carter Dunaway, Nolan Eugene Hurtt, Janey Lynn Hurtt, William Daniel Hurtt and Luella Rachel Hurtt. He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter, Holly Rachel Hildebrand, his sister, Georgia Ann Hauptan and step-mother, Harriett Hurtt. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.