Ben F. Hurt, age 92 of Hermitage, TN, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2022. Born in Hendersonville, TN, he the son of the late P. W. and Lillie Mae Moore Hurt. Mr. Hurt was also preceded in death by his brother Robert Hurt.

Mr. Hurt is survived by his wife of 59 years, Bertie Mae Spears Hurt; sons, Ray Horton and his wife Brenda of Old Hickory, TN, Troy Hurt and his wife Vickie of Hermitage, TN, and John Hurt and Amber Taylor of Hermitage, TN; grandchildren Angie Felts and her husband Andy, Christy Shingre, and Samantha Correll; great-grandchildren, Amelia Felts, Ava Felts and Krish Shingre; and a sister, Patricia Meador of Hermitage, TN.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM Wednesday and from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Thursday at Living Springs Baptist Church 4559 Weakley Lane, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122. Celebration of Life and military honors will be 11:00 AM Thursday at Living Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Edgar Boles and Rev. Terry Wilkerson officiating. Graveside and masonic service will be 2:00 PM Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Goodlettsville, TN. Active pallbearers will be Eddie Hurt, Chris and Brandon Faircloth, P. J., Nick, and Patrick Meador. Honorary pallbearer will be Doug Turner.

Mr. Hurt was a faithful member of Living Springs Baptist Church where he was a member of the Believers Sunday Class and was retired from the US Postal Service. He was also a US Navy veteran and a mason with the Gladeville Joppa Masonic Lodge # 411, and an avid fisherman and bird hunter.

An online guest book for the Hurt family is available at www.woodfinchapel.com .

Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna. (615) 459-3254.