Marion Lamar Hurst

Marion Lamar Hurst, age 65, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Hospice House in Odessa.

He was born September 3, 1946, in Seminole, TX. He spent his school years and most of his young life in Hobbs, NM.

He entered the Army in 1968, and was wounded in Vietnam in 1969. He received the Purple Heart and various other medals. He was in a body cast most of three years because his femur bone broke three different times.

Marion never saw a stranger. He would talk to anyone he met. He liked everyone, especially old people.

He was an avid bowler. By the time he was 15, he had already bowled several 300 games. A pro-bowler was going to take him on the road but his trip to Vietnam ended that when he was severely wounded.

When he was 16 and 17 years of age, he worked for a grocery in Hobbs. All the older women that shopped at the store loved him and the manager would let him ride home with them in order to take in their groceries, and then they would bring him back to the store.

He was a long-time “Texas Longhorn” fan. His apartment was totally decorated in Longhorn items, including his bathroom shower curtain, rugs, bed sheets, etc.

He was a member of the VFW, Disabled American Veterans, and the American Legion. He was Baptist, having joined the church in Hobbs, NM.

He is preceded in death by his father, John C. Hurst and two sons.

He is survived by his mother and father, Evelyn and Ray Brannan, sister, Joyce Goodson, and nephews, Robert Goodson and Cory Ray Brannan, all of Odessa.

Family visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Greenfield Acres Baptist Church, 2114 Yukon Rd, with Rev. Michael Bartlett officiating. Burial will be at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, TX.

Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home of Odessa.