HURST, MR. MARVIN E. , OF INDIAN RIVER, MICHIGAN, PAST AWAY QUIETLY ON DEC. 23, 2007 IN A NURSING HOME, LOCATED IN NORTHERN MICH. MARVIN WAS BORN JAN. 6, 1922, THE PROUD SON OF DAVE AND LUCY HURST IN DEER LODGE, TN. HE WAS ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN. HE GREW UP IN THE FOOT HILLS OF TENN. AND LOVED TO HUNT, FISH AND HORSE PLAY WITH HIS BROTHERS. WHEN WW II STARTED, HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, BUT WAS TO YOUNG TO BE SENT OVERSEAS. HE LATER SERVED UNDER GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON. AND RECEIVED THREE BRONZE STAR MEDALS, EARNED UNDER FIRE. HE RETURNED AFTER THE WAR TO MARRY HIS SWEETHEART, ELIZABETH PELTZ AND TOGETHER THEY HAD A SON, JERRY. IN 1944 THEY MOVED TO DETROIT, MI. TO WORK FOR THE AUTO COMPANYS. MARVIN AND ELIZABETH WHERE MARRIED FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, BEFORE HER PASSING. MARVIN THE MOVED TO INDIAN RIVER, MICH. TO BE WITH HIS THREE GRANDSONS. HE LOVED HIS TIME WITH THEM AND OFTEN WOULD HAVE THEM STAY WITH HIM. HE WOULD PICK THEM UP FROM SCHOOL, WATCH THEM PLAY SOCCER OF BASEBALL. HIS WHOLE BEING LATER IN LIFE, WERE HIS GRANDSONS. HE LOVED THEM VERY MUCH. MARVIN WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, A WONDERFUL AND CARING FATHER, BUT MOST OF ALL A LOVING AND CARING GRANDFATHER, HE WILL BE MISSED ESPECIALLY BY THEM. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN NEEDED. SURVIVING; SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW; JERRY AND LORI HURST, GRAND SONS; JARED, JORDAN AND JADEN, ALL OF INDIAN RIVER, MICH. BROTHER, BILL HURST, DEER LODGE, SISTER, IRENE HURST, DEER LODGE. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FRIDAY, DEC. 28, 2007, FROM 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AT THE DEER LODGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, DEER LODGE, TENN. WITH PASTOR ROSE HOBART OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY, DEER LODGE, TN. [Schubert Funeral Home] ------------- MAYTON, RUBY A. - age 85, a resident of Coalfield, died Christmas Day, December 25, 2007 at her home. She was born August 1, 1922 in Unicoi County, Tennessee. She has lived in Coalfield since 1935. Mrs. Mayton was a loving mother who served her family with patience for 69 years. She was a faithful member of Middle Creek Baptist Church and the Coalfield Senior Citizens. She was preceded in death by her husband Carl Mayton and by her mother Lucy Gouge. She is survived by twelve children; Corrine Finch and husband Howard of Oak Ridge, Norma S. Black and husband Jerry of Loudon, Erma McCarroll and husband Jerry of Oliver Springs, Carl Mayton Jr. and wife Sylvia of Nashville, Susie Rivers and husband James of Coalfield, Mary Burfield and husband Douglas of Whitehouse, TN, J.D. Mayton and wife Marlene of Coalfield, Paul Mayton and wife Marjorie of Coalfield, Steve Mayton and wife Donna of Oliver Springs, Deborah Mayton of Coalfield, Phillip Mayton and wife Darlene of Coalfield, and Teresa Phipps and husband David of Harriman. She is also survived by 27 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and special friends, Sandy Harris, Shelby Hyder, and Minnie Dean Justice. The family will receive friends Friday, December 28, 2007 between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 pm at Sharp Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 8:00 pm in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Ronald Guthrie officiating. Burial and graveside services will be held Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 10:00 am at the Davis Cemetery in Coalfield. In lieu of flowers the family request memorial contributions be made to the Middle Creek Baptist Church, 6455 Knoxville Highway, Oliver Springs, TN 37840. Sharp Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. An online register book is available at www.sharpfh.com [Published in the Knoxville News Sentinel on 12/27/2007] ------------