Acey William

Hurn

ACEY WILLIAM HURN WAS BORN DECEMBER 30, 1944, TO JAMES AND BESSIE HURN IN ASHLAND, KENTUCKY AND PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2024.

HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE JULIE WOMBLE MERKET AUG 1991.

ACEY IS SURVIVED BY SISTER, DIANE PRICE (JIM), 3 CHILDREN, TIM HURN (TRACY) OF OHIO & PENNY MICHELLE HURN OF WEST VIRGINIA, JEFF HURN OF KENTUCKY, 3 STEP-DAUGHTERS LISA GALVAN (MANUEL) OF BALLINGER & LAURA LEATH (REX) OF MARYNEAL & TERESA NELSON OF MICHIGAN. ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS 13 GRANDCHILDREN: GRACIE STEPHENS, ZANDER HURN, DYLAN LESTER, KELLAN WOLFE, AMBER, ASHLIE AND CAMERON GALVAN, JEFFREY, WESLEY, JOSHUA AND WYLIE LEATH. HE ALSO HAS 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

ACEY SERVED IN THE ARMY IN AUG. 1963 – AUG.1966, AS A PARATROOPER. AFTER LEAVING THE ARMY ACEY WORKED AT ARMCO STEEL MILL IN ASHLAND, KENTUCKY UNTIL HE RETIRED IN JULY OF 1995. AFTER RETIREMENT ACEY AND JULIE MOVED TO MARYNEAL TX, WHERE THEY LIVED HAPPILY ON THEIR FAMILY RANCH.

DURING ACEY'S RETIREMENT HE KEPT BUSY MAKING CRAFTS AND WOOD WORKING. HE MADE IT HIS MISSION TO KEEP EVERYONE SUPPLIED WITH KEYCHAINS. HE WAS ALSO A RETIRED VOLUNTEER FIREMAN FOR MARYNEAL VFD. AS WELL, AN HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE SWEETWATER JAYCEES.

ACEY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, JAMES AND BESSIE HURN, HIS 2 BROTHERS, M.C.AND TOM HURN, AND A SISTER LILLIAN GENTRY. HIS WISHES WERE FOR CREMATION. MCCOYFUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE IS PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2024 AT 3PM AT THE JAYCEE BARN IN SWEETWATER TX.