Myrna Laverne Roach Hurst

Funeral services for Myrna Laverne Hurst, 77, will be on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Dennis Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Forrest Memorial Park cemetery near Corinth.

Ms. Hurst died on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Whitfield Nursing Home in Corinth where she was a resident. She was born on Monday, April 10, 1933 in Memphis, TN to the late Leon and Jewel Holden Roach. During her life, she was a housewife and enjoyed to sew, make crafts, garden and cook, but above all, she loved to spend time with her family. She was a life long member of First Baptist Church where she loved her Sunday School class. She was also a member of the Town and Country Garden Club.

Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Thomas J. Hurst Jr.; one grandson Alex Hurst; and one sister Shirley Yancey.

She is survived by two daughters; Pam Sample and husband Ricky of Savannah, TN; Pat Lancaster and husband Harold; and Jeff Hurst of Corinth, MS; five grandchildren, Todd Lancaster, Mandy Lancaster Louge and her husband Trey, Emily Sample Spiceland and her husband Jonathan, Thomas J. Hurst IV and Rick Sample Jr.; four great-grandchildren; and one brother Bill A. Roach Vermilion, OH.

Todd Lancaster, Rick Sample, Trey Logue, Jonathan Spiceland, David Yancey, Robbie, Yancey, Bill Stratton, and Billy Clyde Hurst will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be on Sunday, September 25th from 3:00 P.M. till 7:00 P.M.

Memorials may be sent to The Alzheimer’s association.