Name: Grand Prairie Funeral Home
Address: Grand Prairie, TX

Miss you so so so much! Love you Debbie Kay

I have never been good at sending out cards, so I would like to express my deepest thanks to the staff at Bean Massey for their kindest care, to Pastor Allen for his kind words and responding to our call despite a recent back surgery, to Jerry for relaying fond memories and to Sammy Joe Davenport for his magnificent music.  To the Walnut Street Neighbors who brought food and drink, even mowing the yard on that day and sending flowers, I say thank you.  To the family relatives  and friends and my friends who sent their prayers, called, visited, came to the visitation and cried with us, I say thank you. To the Hospice caregivers,Nurses and Diane who saw after him I say thanks.  To the ladies at the church who prepared the family lunch, thanks.  To my wife and kids, thanks for gathering around Papa in his final days.   And lastly, to my sister, Debbie Kay thanks for the preparations  and arrangements you handled and to Nana, his wife who so unselfishly cared for him over the years in sickness and health, thank you.  Another true hero of the WWII generation has passed and he will be truly missed.  Although he could no longer get around , eat or drink I find comfort in knowing he is in Heaven riding the scooter he wanted, eating a baloney sandwich, drinking a cup of coffee ,aggravating Daisy, our dog and waiting for the next fish to bite.  Thanks to all who celebrated his life. I will miss him dearly.

It was such a pleasure to have met Rusty.  His family always treated us like one of their own.  We will miss you.  You have left behind a wonderful legacy.  Love to your wife, children and their families.  Brian, Heidi & Ashley Lekan

'Rusty was my first Supervisor when I started at GD in 1986. Rusty was a great person and Supervisor to me. We are both Sailors so that helped alot (Sailor Story's) you know! One day we spoke about Vernon, Texas and his Grandmother who was a "Holloway" I too have A Grandmother who is a "Holloway" and her mother was from that area in Texas. We think we are related on the "Holloway side". My thoughts and Prayers are with the family and friends. Rusty my cousin rest in peace.

Rusty was a wonderful man.  He used to be in maintenance at Midway Garden Apartments when I was a teenager.  He always kept an "eye out" especially when it came to the safety of others.  He was a major personal hero in my life.  My thoughts and prayers are with his family and I know he is in Hero Heaven.

Molly Sanderson Cosper (Grand Prairie, TX

To the Gearhart  family: 
Please accept my sincerest and most sorrowful of regrets at the loss you have suffered. I to feel a great loss of a true and very kind friend. I have known Rusty since the first day I 
hired on at GD/Lockheed in april 1980 and worked for him in department 277 as a quality control inspector. All the guys used the nickname rusty he had from his f-111 days. He and 
I developed a friendship and We shared a few tale between our selves in my area. I found out he was and indy racing fan and I had Been based  at Grissom AFB in Peru Indiana and 
attended a few races myself. He knew a lot about open car racing. Being a military retiree along with many of the QC inspectors we had a lot about airplanes in common. As we worked together rusty showed himself to be a person of high morals and utmost integrity and a man who wore his 
heart on his sleeve and a very caring Individual. Through the years as I worked in the other areas of the plant I found that shop workers through out the areas spoke highly of him also. I retired in 1994 due to bad health, heart attack and surgery. I once told rusty that I was hoping we could all grow old gracefully, but now I know it was just a pipe dream and we had better just take life as it comes a day at a time. I will keep his memory alive in my heart when I remember 
QC days. Again, to the gearhart family, my condolences for the loss of my old friend and most of all your loved one.

Jerry  L Cody
608 Pemberton Dr
Fort Worth, Tx 76108
bosac@att.net

Nita and family, Thanks for sharing Rusty with the rest of our fishing team.  Herb Duncan, Don Berry, Paul Bradley, Bruce Smith along with Rusty and I made a few trips to east Texas to fish. I have never met a more unorthodox fisherman that could catch the fish. Once, while we were out in a boat Rusty had a spinner bait tied on and didn't understand why the bait was coming back towards the boat and he wasn't winding the reel. What he didn't know was that line was tangled in the trolling motor prop and it was pulling the bait back towards the boat. When we told that story later in the evening everyone laughed so hard it hurt. Rusty's sense of humor keep everyone in stitches. The bond created among men when out enjoying God's beautiful creation is deep and meaningful. Rusty is very special and I'm sorry to hear of your loss. My deepest condolences to your family. 
Earl Belz

Mr. Rusty Gearhart, my very first supervisor at General Dynamics. Rusty was my mentor, as well as my friend. I remember visiting Rusty once while he was in the hospital in Arlington in the early 80's and surprised him with a fishing magazine. I often thought of " what would Rusty do " if I had a difficult situation. Please accept my sincere sympathy.

Rusty Dusty our dear, precious friend, one of the finest Christian men that God ever put on this earth. We have shared so many fun, good times, so many precious memories, We are so thankful that God let our paths cross in 1987. Our hearts hurt with you Neta,  Terry & Debbie & all the family.. Much love & prayers,
                                                       R.D. & Nita Dawson (Nederland, TX.)

Rusty was one of my favorites.  I remember him as being a precious person.  I'm sure the angels in Heaven are joyfully showing him around.  You will all be in my prayers.  Joan Doyle Draper

We will always remember and love Rusty, such a good Christ loving man. Give our sympathy to your little family. You will always be in our prayers and our hearts. May God confort you and bless you.

Rusty, my dear brother in Christ.  Your smile and faith will always be remembered till we meet again in Heaven around the Lord's Table.

Sorry for your loss. Your family will be in our prayers in the days ahead. 
Chip & Karen Bulin

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Sammie Russell Gearhart

7 janvier 1925 – 17 juillet 2012

Grand Prairie Funeral Home

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