Background
Hurt, Hubert Olyn was born on May 30, 1925 in Louisville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Benjamin Clinton and Amanda Pearl (Cockrell) Hurt.
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Hurt, Hubert Olyn was born on May 30, 1925 in Louisville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Benjamin Clinton and Amanda Pearl (Cockrell) Hurt.
Bachelor, Mississippi College, 1947. Master of Arts, University Southern Mississippi, 1950. Master Division, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, 1950.
D. Minister, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, 1978.
Teacher, Ellisville Junior High School, Mississippi, 1950-1951; pastor, Sand Hill Baptist Church, Ellisville, Mississippi, 1950-1954; dean, professor, Shady Grove Negro Seminary, Collins, Mississippi, 1954; teacher, Talbot County High School, Talbotton, Georgia, 1954-1957; missionary, professor, Baptist Seminary, Havana, Cuba, 1957-1961; dean, professor, Panama Baptist Seminary, Arrijan, Panama, 1961-1965; language missions director, Home Mission Board, Session Border Controllers, Miami, 1965-1973; director, transcultural outreach, Home Mission Board, Session Border Controllers, Atlanta, 1980-1981; director language missions, Florida Baptist Convention, Jacksonville, 1974-1980, 81-90. Refugee resettlement Home Mission Board, Session Border Controllers, Atlanta, 1980-1981. Cuban refugee resettlement, Southern Baptist Convention, Miami, 1965-1970.
Member Southern Baptist Historical Society.
Married Eva May White, August 18, 1949. Children: David Louis, Sharon Lynne Hurt Strickland.