Paul Hurt

Paul Douglass Hurt, age 73, passed away in Colorado City on Tuesday, October 27th, 2020 at Mitchell County Rehabilitation Center in Colorado City, Texas. Family Visitation is planned for Thursday, October 29th, 2020 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Miller Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be on Friday, October 30th, 2020 at 10:00 am at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church 1311 Avenue K Snyder, Texas 79549 with Father Jeremy Trull officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Miller Family Funeral Home at Snyder Cemetery. He was born on September 7, 1947 to retired Lt. Colonel Doug Hurt and Mary Lea (Swearengin) Hurt in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Paul went to high school in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father was stationed with the Air Force and graduated from Killeen High School in Killeen, Texas. He completed his education at Mary-Hardin-Baylor College in Belton, Texas. Paul spent several years as a Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Keith Collier, in Snyder, Texas and then was named the Chief Adult Probation Officer for the 132nd Judicial District Court, also in Snyder. Later he moved to Austin, where for a period of time he was employed by the Texas Adult Probation Commission. He then returned to West Texas to Abilene, where he was the Chief of the Community Supervision and Corrections Department of Taylor, Callahan and Coleman Counties, which is where he retired. Paul spent his early retirement living at Possum Kingdom Lake where he could often be found fishing. In later years he moved first to Snyder and then to Colorado City to be closer to his children and grandchildren. Paul is survived by his Son, Don Hurt and wife Becky of Snyder, Son, Ruben Hurt and wife Patsy of Colorado City and Daughter, Talva Castillo of Colorado City; and six grandchildren, Alanna, Alyssa and Jonmichael Hurt, Corbin and Chloe Castillo and Danny Golnick. Online condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting www.millerfamilyfuneralhome.com