Robert Neal Hurst

Retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper, Robert “Neal” Hurst, 63 years old Eufaula, Ok resident, passed from this life Thursday, June 27th, 2024, while surrounded by his loved ones in his home in Eufaula. 

Neal was born March 9, 1961, in Tecumseh, Ok to Robert “Bob” Hurst and Jo Carol (Harding) Hurst. He attended school at Maud, graduating in 1979. While in high school he met and married his first wife Mary “Fran” Rawls Hurst in 1978 from this they had one child July 1979, John Robert Hurst. Neal started his law enforcement career at Maud PD. Shortly after he was hired on with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol as a lake patrolman on lake Thunderbird. He then transferred to Lake Eufaula where he made his home. He enjoyed teaching boating safety at schools and fairs with Bobby the Boat. This had him all over the state with his fellow patrolman. After 25 years he decided to retire. He went on to work at Boomer Solutions as a driver delivering medication to nursing homes. Also, in this time he met his second wife Beverly Dawn Melton Hurst. They were married for over 18 years before she sadly passed away in 2019. With this union he gained his daughters Holli Gray and Brittany Gray. Neal enjoyed going to car shows, going to yard sales and flea markets. Shortly after Dawn’s passing, he met his significant other Jeanetta McAlister, and they shared the rest of his days together. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends to talk about memories they all shared. 

He was preceded in death by his parents Robert “Bob” Hurst and Jo Carol Harding Hurst, his second wife Beverly Dawn Melton Hurst and his identical twin grandson’s Robert Tyler and James Skyler Hurst. 

Neal leaves behind to cherish his memory his sister Robyn Hurst Heaton, his son John Robert Hurst (J.R.), wife Lisa of Eufaula, his first wife Mary Fran Hurst of Eufaula, his wife Jeanetta of Eufaula, daughter Holli Gray of Temple, Tx, daughter Brittany Gray of Ochelata, nephew Shelby Hurst Lucas of Maud, niece Skylynn Hurst Heaton of Strother, grandsons, Robert Skyler and Tyler James Hurst of Eufaula, granddaughter Sawyer Renee of Temple, Tx, and a host of family and dear friends. Neal will be greatly missed by everyone that knew him. 

Pallbearers will be J.R. Hurst, Shelby Lucas, Robert Hurst, Tommy Aldridge, Reg Thompson, Ronnie Stackhouse; honorary pallbearers are Tyler Hurst and Sawyer Renee.

Services will be Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at 10:00 A.M at Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole. Interment will follow at Cummings Cemetery in Maud. Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole.