BAZIL LAMAR HURST, 55 OF GRIFFITHSVILLE, DIED WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1994, AT THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SO. CHARLESTON, AFTER AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK.
HE ATTENDED WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY AND SALEM COLLEGE AND WAS RETIRED FROM AT&T WHERE HE WORKED AS AN OPERATION SUPERVISOR FOR 30 YEARS. HE ATTENDED BEECH GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, YAWKEY, AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF HEPZIBAH BAPTIST CHURCH, HEPZIBAH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF DUVAL LODGE AF & AM, HE WAS A MEMBER OF BENI KEDEM SHRINE AND A MEMBER OF SCOTTISH RITE BODIES 32 DEGREE. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF DWAL HUNTING CLUB.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, LINDA HURST; 2 SONS: JASON HURST OF HEPZIBAH, WV; ERIC HURST OF FT. WALTON BEACH, FL; 1 DAUGHTER: BRANDOLYN RITTER OF BRISTOL, WV; 1 GRANDSON: DAVID PAUL RITTER OF BRISTOL, WV; STEPFATHER: CLARENCE A. MATTHEY OF HEPZIBAH, WV; 3 BROTHERS: CLAUDE MATTHEY OF HEPZIBAH, WV; RALPH MATTHEY OF BUCKHANNON, WV; CASSEL MATTHEY OF LUMBERPORT, WV; 2 SISTERS: MARGUERITE HURST OF MIDDLEBOURN, WV; CAROL DZURANIN OF WARREN, OH.
SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT MORRIS FUNERAL HOME, JANE LEW, ON SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1994 AT 2:00 PM WITH PASTOR OSHEL BELL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE HELD IN GOOD HOPE MASONIC CEMETERY, GOOD HOPE, WITH MASONIC GRAVESIDE RITES. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK, ON FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1994 FROM 7 TO 9 PM AND ON SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1994 AT MORRIS FUNERAL HOME FORM 7 TO 9 PM. CURRY FUNERAL HOME, ALUM CREEK, IN CARE OF ARRANGEMENTS.