Frederick James “Jim” Hurst

SHERMAN – Frederick James Hurst, 72, of 119 Church St., died Monday (Feb. 25, 2002) in Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo.He was born June 19, 1929, in Ripley, the son of Arthur and Florence Waterman Hurst.

He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving four years. He had been employed by Niagara Mohawk for 40 years, retiring in 1988 as a line foreman. He was a member of the Sherman Community Church, the Olive Lodge 575 F&AM and the Lodge Council Chapter Consistory Valley of Jamestown and the Acacia Chapter O.E.S. 96, where he had served as Past Patron.

He enjoyed playing and was a professional pocket billiards player and had put on many trick shot exhibitions throughout the area. He was also a licensed billiards instructor through the Billiards Congress of America.

He is survived by his wife, Anna Mae Lookenhouse Hurst of Sherman, whom he married July 17, 1952; a son, Bryan Hurst of Sherman; two daughters, Karen Persons of Sherman and Brenda Carutis of Bemus Point: four grandchildren, Bill Persons of Sherman, Mitchell Carutis of Westfield, and Edward James III and Katie Carutis, both of Bemus Point; one great-granddaughter; four brothers, Milton Hurst of Jacksonville, Fla., Lawrence Hurst of Plantation, Fla., Albert Hurst of Lexington, Tenn., and Ernest Hurst of Sherman; two sisters, Vera Skinner of Charleston, S.C., and Hazel Halter of Sherman.

He was preceded in death by a grandson, Lee M. Persons, who died Nov. 11, 1992; two brothers, Herbert Hurst, who died in 1952, and Kenneth Hurst, who died Sept. 30, 1988; and a sister, Orrissa Hewitt, who died in 1938.

The funeral will be held 2 p.m. Friday in the Sherman Community Church. The Rev. Thomas Price, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sherman Cemetery.

Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Spitzer Funeral Home, Sherman, where an Olive Lodge service will be held at 7 p.m.

Memorials may be made to the Stanley Hose Co., Sherman Community Church or a charity of choice.