James Robin Hurdle, Sr.

“So, I was the one with all the glory, while you were the one with all the strength. A beautiful face without a name for so long, a beautiful smile to hide the pain.  It might have appeared to go unnoticed, but I've got it all here in my heart.  I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it, I would be nothing without you. Did you ever know that you're my hero, and everything I would like to be? I can fly higher than an eagle, For You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings.”

James Robin Hurdle, Sr. of Hampton, Virginia entered eternal rest on Monday, August 21, 2023, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk Virginia.  He was the son of the late Donnell Thornton and Barbara Hurdle Thornton and the husband of Sharon Perry Hurdle. He was also predeceased by one son, Isaiah Perry.

Celebration of Life Service will be Saturday, August 26, 2023, 2:00 p.m. at Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church, Shiloh, North Carolina with Rev. Wade W. Staten, Sr., Pastor/Eulogist. Interment will be in the Perry Family Cemetery, Ahoskie, North Carolina. A viewing/visitation will be Friday, August 25, 2023, from 5 – 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

James leave to cherish his memory his wife:  Sharon P. Hurdle of the home; mother, Barbara H. Thornton, Shiloh, North Carolina; three sons, James Hurdle, Jr., Greenville, North Carolina, Jeremiah Perry, Norfolk, Virginia and Timothy Edwards, Chesapeake, Virginia; four daughters, Sierra Hurdle, Durham, North Carolina, Kenisha Battle (Dadrian), Greenville, North Carolina, Lastardea Hassell, Ahoskie, North Carolina, and Carletta Edwards, Suffolk, Virginia, twenty-three grandchildren, four sisters, Blanche Rawls (Rod), Edenton, North Carolina, Valerie King, Hampton, Virginia, Donesia Adams, Elizabeth City, North Carolina and Barbara Scott (Marvin), Rocky Mount, North Carolina; one brother, Raleigh Perry, Winton, North Carolina; and a host of uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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