JIM HARTT MEHNER

 

Graveside services for Jim Hartt Mehner, 59, of Rusk was at noon Tuesday at Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Don Copeland and the Rev. Gloria Jennings officiating.

Mr. Mehner died Feb. 22 in a Tyler Hospice. He was born Nov. 5, 1949 in Jacksonville and was a lifelong Rusk resident. He graduated from Rusk High School in 1968 and from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1972 with a BBA. Mr. Mehner was a realtor for Mehner Realty and a former employee of Rusk State Hospital. He was Methodist.

He was preceded in death by his father, Carl Hartt Mehner. Survivors are his mother, Marie Mehner of Rusk; sister, Suzann McCarty of Rusk; niece, Katie McCarty; an aunt, Kitty Miller; five first cousins, the Rev. Ernie Turney, Tim Turney, Chris Turney, Donna Pryor and Carlton Mehner; and numerous other cousins and friends.

If desired, memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 411 University Blvd., Tyler 75701, or charity of choice.

Arrangements were under the direction of Wallace- Thompson Funeral Home.

Information from The Cherokeean Herald