Billy Adam Hurd, Sr., age 93, went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. He was born on Monday, May 30, 1932, in Manchester, Kentucky, to James and Charity (Bowling) Hurd. Billy was a farmer, a factory worker for GE, a member of the Gray Fork Baptist Church, a former Sunday School teacher and a veteran of the United States Army. Billy was a loving, devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend who was always smiling and sharing love and happiness wherever he went.
He left to mourn his passing his loving wife of more than 60 years, Jackie (Anderson) Hurd; his sons, Billy Hurd Jr. and wife Sheila, Lloyd Dean Cottongim and wife Gail and Kenneth Jeffrey Hobbs; as well as his grandchildren, Amber Allen and husband Tyler, Emma Gilbert and husband John Gilbert, Amy Woods and husband Elijah, Stephen Cottongim and wife Shawna, Adam Hobbs and wife Amber, Jeremy Hobbs and wife Kiera and Justin Hobbs and wife Kelsey. Also surviving were a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Charity Hurd; his son, Johnny Hobbs; his siblings, John Henry Hurd, Bertha Lee Gilstrap and Hiram Thomas Hurd; and his daughter-in-law, Sheila Ann Hobbs.
Funeral services for Billy Adam Hurd, Sr. were conducted on Friday, May 22, 2026, at 12 p.m. at the Rominger Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ted Brewer presiding. Burial followed in the Tanyard Cemetery in the Tanyard Community.
The family received friends and loved ones on Friday after 10:30 a.m. at the Rominger Funeral Home Chapel.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Rominger Funeral Home.
