Betty Lou Sutton Hurdle passed away on March 4, 2025, in Little Rock. She was born on the Ames Plantation in Grand Junction, Tennessee on June 2, 1927. Betty moved to Memphis and graduated from Whitehaven High School. She then worked as a secretary, and, at International Harvester, met William L. (Jack) Hurdle.
Betty and Jack married and started a family, moving from Memphis to Chicago; Atlanta; Columbus, Ohio; and Kansas City before returning to Memphis in 1970. Betty worked at the Memphis Board of Education until she and Jack retired and later moved to North Little Rock.
Betty was predeceased by Jack and is survived by her children Sherri Wright and Steve Hurdle (who is married to Debbie Fulton), her grandchildren Sam Wright (married to Heather), Tom Hurdle (married to Jacquelyn), and Anna Hurdle (engaged to Tanner Lee), and great-grandchildren Elizabeth Miller, Penelope Wright, and Blaire Hurdle.
A visitation and funeral service will be held in the chapel of Presbyterian Village, 510 North Brookside Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205, on Monday, March 17, 2025 at 3:30 pm.
The family will bury Betty’s cremains in the Slayden, Mississippi Cemetery, followed by a celebration of her life in Red Banks, Mississippi, at a later date.
In place of flowers, memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church, 6701 JFK Blvd, North Little Rock, AR 72116, or Presbyterian Village, 510 N Brookside Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205.
Arrangements by A Natural State Funeral Service 2620 West Main Street, Jacksonville, Arkansas 72076. 501-982-3400. Online guestbook available at www.anaturalstatefuneralservice.com
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Our family is forever grateful for the kindness shown to Mother at Arkansas Hospice at the end of her life, and for over three years of friendship, love and caring by the staff and residents of Presbyterian Village.
I am so very sorry to learn of Betty’s passing. I send her cards often and she usually calls me. When I didn’t hear lately, I called and left messages.She was a dear, sweet person and I shall miss our visits. My sincere condolences to the family.
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