MARJORIE WHISONANT HURST

HURST, MARJORIE WHISONANT age 93, went to be with the Lord on August 25, 2013. She is survived by her daughter, Carole Hurst Crysler (John), of West Palm Beach, Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Urbane Silvanus Hurst; and her son, Douglas Gary Hurst. She leaves five grandchildren: Heather Lee Hurst, Tara Lynn Clark, Sean Peter Hurst, John Ryan Crysler, and Gregory Mark Crysler. After many years of community leadership, the family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice Services of Alabama or the Warrior Regional Library Foundation in her name. The visitation and funeral service will be at the Waterstone Church, 210 Brake Street, Warrior, Alabama 35180. Visitation will be at 11:00 am, Wednesday, August 28, 2013, followed by the service at 12:00 pm and burial in Warrior Cemetery. She will be greatly missed by her family and many nieces and nephews and by all the people she touched with her music, her generous support of children in foreign lands, and her local community involvement in New York, New Jersey and Alabama.

Published in The Birmingham News from August 26 to August 28, 2013.