Name: Eirva Dicus Edwards Hurst, age 97, resident of Collinwood, Wayne Co, TN
Date of Birth: not listed
Date of Death: May 31, 2003 in Iron City
Date of Funeral: June 2, 2003 at Shackelford Funeral Home, Collinwood, Wayne Co, TN
Burial Site: McGlamery Cemetery, Collinwood, Wayne Co, TN
Parents: William James and Pantha Shipman Dicus
Spouse: (1)Hubert Edwards (deceased); (2) James N Hurst (deceased)
Survivors: step-son, James Sterling Hurst; sisters, Josephine Dicus Clutts, Fannie Dicus Gallaher, Uzora Dicus Brewer, and Wilton Dicus Dixon; 4 grandchildren, 6 step-grand children, 8 great-grandchildren, 12 step-great-grand children, 5 great-great-grandchildren, 4 step-great-great-grand children, and several nieces and nephews.,
Preceded in death: parents; both spouses; daughter, Ruth Imogene Edwards Stooksberry; two step-sons, Gordon and William Hurst; two brothers, Grady and Jesse Dicus; three sisters, Ella Dicus Cummins, Jimmie Dicus Cummins, and Ida Dicus Moore; a step grandson and a great-grandson.

Published in Florence Times Daily on Jun. 2, 2003.

Services for Eirva Dicus Edwards Hurst, 97, of Collinwood, Tenn., will be at 3 p.m. today, June 2, 2003, at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel, Collinwood, with Joshua Stults officiating. Burial will be in McGlamery Cemetery, Collinwood, with Shackelford Funeral Directors of Wayne County in charge of arrangements.Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time today at the funeral home.Mrs. Hurst died Saturday, May 31, 2003, at Shady Oak Assisted Living, Iron City, Tenn.A native of Wayne County, Tenn., she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith and was preceded in death by parents, William James and Pantha Shipman Dicus; husbands, Hubert Edwards and James “Jim” N. Hurst; daughter, Ruth Imogene Edwards Stooksberry; stepsons, Gordon and William “Billy” Hurst; brothers, Grady and Jess Dicus; sisters, Ella Dicus Cummins, Jimmie Dicus Cummins, Ida Dicus Moore; step-grandson, Perry Dickey, and great-grandson; Jeremiah “Bubba” Richardson. Survivors: stepson, James Sterling Hurst, Waynesboro, Tenn.; grandchildren, Patricia Stooksberry Walker, Collinwood, Michael Stooksberry (Mary Ellen), Martin, Tenn., Elizabeth Stooksberry Richardson (Ricky), Collinwood, Cindy Stooksberry Kephart (Butch), Collinwood; step-grandchildren, Verna Caruthers, Hohenwald, Tenn., Doug Dickey, Collinwood, Wade Dickey, Collinwood, Cathy Ray, Tyler, Texas, Brenda Stooksberry, Iron City, Tenn., Cindy Daniel, Lawrenceburg, Tenn.; sisters, Josephine Dicus Clutts, Locust Grove, Okla., Fannie Dicus Gallaher, Collinwood, Uzora Dicus Brewer, Collinwood, Wilton Dicus Dixon, Collinwood; eight great-grandchildren; 12 step-great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; four step-great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.