Annie Birdell Hurst

Franklin, NC - Annie Birdell Hurst, age 91, of Rose Creek Road, Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009 at a Haywood County Care Center. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late William Fred and Eva Easter Houston Lowe. She was married to Manuel Ardell Hurst who passed away in 1963. She was a homemaker and a member of Liberty Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening and loved children.

She is survived by four daughters, Sue Thompson and her husband, Bill of Austell, GA, Frieda Corbin and her husband, Jim of Waynesville, NC, Bea McCracken and her husband, Doyle of Dallas, GA and Barbara Post and her husband, Larry of Austell, GA; two sons, Danny Hurst of Douglasville, GA and Larry Hurst of Franklin, NC; one sister, Irene Ramsey of Franklin, NC. Twenty-one grandchildren including Deby Woody of Franklin, NC, twenty-eight great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren also survive. She was preceded in death by a step-daughter, Irene Dowdle; a daughter-in-law Pam Hurst; two sons, Fred Hurst and Lyndon Hurst; two sisters, Cleo Mashburn and Ruth Robinson.

Funeral services will be held, Tuesday, July 21 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Stevens and Rev. Alton Dendy officiating. Burial will be at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. Kevin Woody, Terry Post, Jamie Hurst, Nicholas Woody, Anthony Abrams and Billy Norton will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends Monday, July 20 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Alzheimer’s Caregiver Retreat, 125 Hyatt Road, Franklin, NC 28734.

Online condolences are available by visiting bryantgrantfuneralhome.com or by email.