James ‘Jim’ Edward Hubert
James “Jim” Edward Hubert, 81, of rural Curryville died Saturday June 10, 2017 at his home.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Wednesday at Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green with the Rev. Jerry Gamm and the Rev. John Burkhead officiating. Burial will be in Curryville Cemetery with military honors being conducted by Missouri Military Honors and VFW Post #5553.
Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m., Tuesday (today) at the funeral home.
He was born Oct. 25, 1935 in Frankford, the son of Lloyd Kennedy and Goldie Marie Baker Hubert. He married Mary Helen Johnson on Oct. 4, 1958 at the Southside Baptist Church in Vandalia. She survives.
Other survivors include one son, Daniel Hubert and wife, Tina of Bowling Green and their children; Denise Hoag and husband, Lance of Hannibal and their children, Alexis and Macy, Luke Hubert of Saverton and Chrisanne Hubert and Cody Poor and Gavyn of Hannibal. He had one daughter, Marilyn Hubert of Curryville and her children, Brian Worthington and wife, Heather, and their children, Jaycob, Ashton and Cooper of Curryville, Justin Worthington and wife, Michelle and their children, Rylee of Bowling Green, Ashleigh Schoneboom and husband, Clayton and their children, Layla and Emma of Curryville and Steven Alexander and Danielle Noll of Curryville. Jim had one brother, Lloyd ‘JR’ Hubert and wife, Dorothy and two sisters, Marie Baker and Mary Jane Glaspie and husband, Wayne. all of Curryville.
He also is survived by several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and a nephew, Wayne Baker.
Jim graduated from Bowling Green High School in 1953. During his senior year in high school he was on a State Meat Judging Champion team. That same year he entered the Naval Reserves and was later drafted into the Army and served 27 ½ months active duty.
He served during the Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs. He also drove for the Pentagon. Jim has been a farmer his entire life. He also had a few other jobs in his younger years.
He worked at a feed store in Curryville, at A&P as a meat cutter, at a garment factory in Bowling Green and in 1962 he started and managed a liquid and anhydrous ammonia fertilizer plant in Curryville. He did this until 1968 when he resigned to be able to give his farm the attention this required. Jim started out with 40 acres and steadily increased this until it was over 1600 acres.
In 1964 he was nominated as an outstanding young farmer of the year for Pike County. He served as a board member for the Bowling Green Rural Fire Department, Hickory Grove Community Center, MFA Oil Company, Spencerberg Cemetery and the Louisiana Port Board. He also served on the Pike County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors for 16 years. He had coached Khoury League ball.
Jim enjoyed pulling in the tractor pulls and also the 2 wheel drive trucks. He loved fishing and hunting, especially deer. Above all else, Jim enjoyed visiting with friends and family and made daily trips to the coffee shop (MeMe’s) in Curryville. He enjoyed teaching his grandkids as much as he could. He loved telling stories. He never met a stranger and made friends where ever he went.
Serving as pallbearers will be Brian Worthington, Justin Worthington, Luke Hubert, Steven Alexander, Lance Hoag and Clayton Schoneboom. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Neil Beatty, Jack Reid, Frank Worthington, Tom Flamm, J.C. Bufford, Bob Hickerson and Henry Watson.
Memorials may be made to VFW Post #5553, Kidney Foundation, Pike County Hospice or American Cancer Society.
Online condolences may be left at www.bibbveach.com
