HURT, Brody Allen - b. October 12, 2000 - d. November 3, 2008

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Brody Allen Hurt entered heaven's gates on November 3, 2008, after 8 years and 23 days of touching the hearts and lives of everyone he met.  He was born October 12, 2000, the son of Shawn A. and Carey D. (Miller) Hurt and big sister, Kylie.

Brody evened the score to 2 girls and 2 boys in the household.  In Brody's opinion, the boys always won.  He loved to say, "Bro's before Doe's", with a knuckle bump with dad.  Brody loved all things boy.....baseball, tractors, fishing, hunting, 4-wheelers, golf, sand piles, and staying with his grandparents.  He was most happy on the 4-wheeler at Grandpa and Grandma Hurt's or in the big ole Ford pickup with Grandpa and Grandma Miller.  Brody had a knack for persuasive arguing and ended most sentences with "right dad?".

Brody had many friends that spread across the United States.  Brody has been best friends with Zoe since birth.  When he started school, Brody made another best friend, Tim.  He loved Zoe and Tim and missed them so much during his illness.  He also loved school and missed his classmates and teachers from Severy Elementary while he was away for treatment.

On September 11, 2007, Brody was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer.  Brody's diagnosis came about after he started having severe leg pain in the last weeks of his kindergarten year.  Brody spent the last 13 1/2 months of his young life giving his all fighting the cancer.  He endured many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, surgeries, long hospital stays, and painful research treatments.  All throughout treatments, Brody was concerned about being a bother to others, even when he was hurting and not feeling well.

In the end, God proved what we had known all along, that Brody was extra-special and was needed in heaven.  His exit from this life is way too soon for all who love him, but we know he can now walk, run, and play baseball again.  We will miss forever his voice, laughter, and arguments.

Brody is survived by his parents, Shawn A. and Carey D. Hurt of Severy, Kansas; his sister, Kylie Hurt of Severy, Kansas; grandparents, Don and Juanita Miller of Grenola, Kansas and Jerry and Judy Hurt of Sedan, Kansas; great-grandparents, Helen Copeland of Howard, Kansas, DeWayne Triboulet of Longton, Kansas, and Mary Burt of Fall River, Kansas; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Brody was met in heaven by his great-grandparents whom he never met, Albert and Grace Miller, Roy and Edith Hurt, and Benny Burt.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at Severy Elementary School with Rev. Tony Pameticky of the Severy Baptist Church officiating.  Viewing will take place after the funeral service.  Visitation will not be held at the funeral home.  Burial will be at the South Lawn Cemetery, Severy, Kansas.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Brody Hurt Severy Enhancement Memorial Fund and may be left with the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1233, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas  67349.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)