 Class of 1941 "Yesterday is dead-forget it, Tomorrow has not come-don't worry. Today is here-use it." |
James William
Hurdle, Jr. Obituary |
Class of 1941 "Yesterday is dead-forget it, Tomorrow has not come-don't worry. Today is here-use it." |
James William
Hurdle, Jr. Obituary |
| A graveside service was planned at 1 p.m.
today at Maplewood Cemetery for TVA civil engineer and former Parisian James William
Hurdle Jr. of Franklin. Jim Taylor was to officiate. Visitation was Sunday at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home in Franklin. Hurdle, 86, died Saturday, June 14, 2008. Hurdle was a son of the late James William Hurdle Sr. and Kate Adams Hurdle. He was the widower of Ruby Jane Friedley Hurdle. Hurdle worked for TVA for 41 years. He was a member of a Masonic lodge in Gallatin. James' military service of note would be that he served with the
8th Field Artillery Battalion and served in France, Belgium, and Germany during the period
preceding, during, and succeeding "The Battle of the Bulge." His surveying
skills were primarily pin-pointing the artillery locations of the Germans and setting
trajectories for the U.S. artillery responses and support of ground forces close-in. |
_____________________________________
Reprinted from the Paris
Post-Intelligencer
Paris, Tennessee
June 16, 2008 Edition - Used by permission.
_________________________
Additional information provided for this obituary by VIRGIL WALL ('46)