Bobby

Hurdle

Bobb y Hurdle, 76, of Sweetwater, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Sterling Hills Nursing & Rehab.

Graveside services will be Saturday morning at 11:00 A.M. January 21, 2023 at Sweetwater Cemetery. The Rev. Robert Carey will officiate directed by M cCoy Funeral Home .

Bobby was born September 12, 1946 in Sweetwater, TX to the late Melvin and Clara Bell (Samples) Hurdle. Bobby lived in New York City from 1968 until 2007 where he then moved to Abilene, TX. He then moved back to Sweetwater in January 18, 2022 where he resided until he passed.

He was a graduate of Sweetwater High School in 1965 and later served his country in the U.S. Army with a tour in Vietnam . He was a member of the Greater Zion Baptist Church.

He is survived by two aunts, Emma Fields of Houston, TX, Lena Prince of Tyler, TX, two uncles, Bobby Samples and wife Amy of Kilgore, TX, John Samples and wife Mary of Tyler, T X, a special cousin-in-law, Mary Samples of Sweetwater, TX . Bobby is also survived by several co usins and nieces and nephews.

Bobby was preceded in death by his parents, Melvin Hurdle in 1974 and Clara Bell Samples Hurdle in 2010 , and a brother Ronald Clark Hurdle.